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Chapter 3

Malibu House (Liam's)

He bought the hot cup of cocoa over to Steffy who made made herself quite at home on his couch, well it did used to be her home before so she knew she was more than welcome there, and she definitely knew where everything was. Liam noticed her staring at a photo on the mantel above the fire place, a photo of their second wedding, when Steffy was pregnant with their child, a child they lost.

Liam handed the cup to Steffy as she thanked him and took a small sip out of the cup, watching Liam fiercely as he sat down next to her. Steffy smiled, that loving, gorgeous genuine smile before holding the cup in both of her hands as they rested on her lap.

'So... spill Mr,' Steffy exclaimed as Liam sighed. 'I thought you and Hope would have been married right after the annulment-'

'So did I but... things didn't go the way any of us expected,' Liam muttered matter-of-factly as he took a sip from his hot cup and looked back at Steffy,' Hope saw the video I made for you, the one you asked me to make for you to remember, well someone sent it to Hope and she called the wedding off...

'Again!' Both Liam and Steffy exclaimed in union, before laughing.

'Yeah, so... Hope said she needed time, wanted to concentrate on her line and then... well she met Wyatt and then she discovered he had a Spencer sword just like this one, identical actually,' Liam said holding his sword out as Steffy nodded, letting him know she was following. 'So she then hired Wyatt and his mom, not knowing it was them at the time, and ever since she's been...'

'Doing the same thing to you as what you did to her and myself,' Steffy finished for him as he looked sadly at her and nodded. 'Liam I hope you don't mind me saying this but she screamed 'we were robbed' every time she missed out and now she finally got what she wanted, me gone, our baby-' Steffy's voice trailed off as baby Aspen was still a sore spot for her. 'She got our marriage annulled and now she's playing games, I'm sorry but you never intentionally waffled between us but Hope, it sounds to me like she's just playing games and honestly, who does that to someone they love?' Steffy questioned as Liam nodded, sighing again, a little hint of frustration in his voice.

'I know and... you know what I got hell for going between you and Hope but I never thought Hope would be that kind of person... and with my brother of all people...'

'Talking about brother... how the hell did that happen?' Steffy raised an eyebrow and grinned as Liam couldn't help but smile with her. That smile was infectious.

Brooke's House

Hope was sitting across from her mother, her tear stained cheeks dried from all the crying and the slight wet patch she could see on her mothers t-shirt just below her shoulder. Brooke had sent Bill out to get wine and chocolate just for an excuse to get Hope alone.

'So honey, tell me what... happened,' Brooke spoke to her daughter as Hope looked at her mom with drawn, red, puffy eyes. Hope sighed and rested her head in her hands.

'I walked into Eric's office but didn't see Steffy straight away because I was laughing at a joke Wyatt had told me and then I saw his face change, he looked shocked, horrified. So... I turned around and, Steffy was standing there, in front of me and she was so... so Steffy and just as damn beautiful as when she left. I just... froze, mom! I froze,' Hope moaned, frustrated with herself for letting Steffy get to her again.

'I need to go and see Liam... I have to see Liam... I've got to go mom!' Hope jumped up from the couch, grabbed her phone, purse and car keys and raced out of the house, leaving a stunned Brooke sitting there, wide eyed and worried about her daughter.

Forrester International

He sat in his office, staring at a photo, faded and torn around the edges from where it sat in his wallet for so long. Her long blonde hair glowing even in the picture, but as he looked at it, his blood boiled. How could she, had she not learned after all the other times? How could she hurt her sister like that, and with her own sisters husband.

There was a knock at the door and a head of brown hair poked through the door. 'Ridge?'

'Hey Doc, come on in,' Ridge replied as he screwed the photo up and threw it in the paper bin down by his feet. "What's up?'

'Oh nothing, I spoke to Steffy, she said to give her love to everyone and that she made it safely back to LA.'

'That's great doc, hopefully she can sort everything out, I've never seen her like this with a man, so... in love,' Ridge said as Taylor walked around the desk and sat on the edge in front of Ridge.

'I know. Steffy was devastated when she lost the baby and then found out she may never conceive again. But I honestly believe Steffy belongs with Liam, in LA.' Taylor replied as she and Ridge looked at each other. "Was that a photo of Brooke you were looking at?'

'You saw that huh?' Ridge questioned as Taylor nodded her head. 'I just don't know how she could do that to Katie Doc, I mean... I know both Brooke and myself have hurt you and the kids multiple times but I thought she'd learnt from that? And then to get pregnant and try and convince my dad to be the father... it makes me sick,' Ridge voiced his anger toward his wife who he'd left on their honeymoon after finding messages from Deacon.

'Well we all know Brooke does desperate things when she's backed into a corner, but she knew what she was doing was wrong, and that I was dating Eric at the time made my blood boil because-' Taylor laughed. 'Once again she was going after a man I was involved with.'

'I know Doc, I know,' was all Ridge could add.

Malibu House (Liam's)

'So, what made you make the big move back to LA?' Liam asked as Steffy stopped and looked at him for a moment. 'I mean don't get me wrong, it's great your back I... I've missed you,'

Steffy smiled, her cheeks blushing. 'I've missed you too Liam. Do you remember when you came to Paris when you and Hope had that fight?' She asked as Liam nodded. 'Well what I didn't get the chance to tell you was I'd been having secret treatments at a clinic here in LA, hoping it would reverse what the D&C did, and well that day you turned up at my house in Paris was the day I got a phone call saying the procedures had worked. I could have a baby and carry to full term,' Liam's mouth fell open as he shuffled in his seat, not knowing what to say, excitement secretly coursing through his body.

'Steffy I-'

'Liam I'm pregnant, again,' tears welled in Steffy's eyes as Liam stopped in his tracks as Steffy nodded, confirming what was going through his head. Liam was going to be a dad.

Steffy quickly got to her feet as Liam followed, grabbing her hand and spinning her around as she looked him firmly in the eyes, tears trickling down her cheeks. Liam raised his arm, resting his hand on her cheek, stroking gently as tears threatened to spill down his cheeks. 'I'm... I'm going to be a dad again... I haven't told Hope I... I didn't tell her I went to Paris,' he whispered as he moved closer to Steffy as he noticed her place her free hand, somewhat protectively over her stomach, running her hand down over her dress to reveal the smallest bump starting to form.

'Were having a baby Liam,' Steffy cried as Liam couldn't form any sort of words. He felt drawn to her, he felt an enormous feeling in his heart as he moved in close to her, their lips only just inches away from each other. He could feel her warm breath, the sound of her breath quicken once he had moved in to her, he could feel the buzz of her lips and the hint of strawberry from her lips.

He closed the gap, kissing her passionately, tasting the salty moisture from her tears, feeling her tongue play with his as he deepened the kiss between them.

Lately he'd felt lost, confused, depressed.

Now, he felt alive.

Staring through the window beside the front door, tears screamed down her cheeks as she choked back sobs, her chest heavy as she watched them kiss through the stained glass. She'd been robbed, again. Everything always came down to Steffy, always Steffy, Steffy, Syeffy!

Turning she raced back to her car, jumped in the drivers seat, clasping the steering wheel with both hands as her knuckles turned pink, her grasp tightening as she finally broke down into uncontrollable sobs, clenching her eyes shut tightly as the tears jerked down her face once more.

'NO!' Hope screamed, her anger and frustrations overwhelming her. 'He's mine!'