Will B&B’s Deacon Sharpe End Up In Sheila Carter’s Arms The Night Before His Wedding To Taylor Hayes?

DEACON SHARPE SIGHS INSTEAD OF SMILING OVER HIS ENGAGEMENT

TL;DR: Nothing here is confirmed, it’s pure speculation, but Taylor is wearing Deacon Sharpe’s ring while Sheila waits in the wings, and Bold and the Beautiful fans are wondering whether he’s saying I do or sneaking back to his ex.

One Yes And One Very Long Sigh

Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) finally got the yes he spent months fishing for, and he’s wearing it like a speeding ticket. Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) asked him to propose all over again, he did, and the diamond now sits on her finger exactly where he wanted it. Then she asked if he was happy, took a work call in the middle of his very long pause, and left before he found an answer.

Taylor has been sold a tidy story, and only Deacon knows the pause came with a footnote. She says she spent years putting her daughter Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) first, and with Steffy making big decisions without her, it’s time to decide for herself. Deacon brought up Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) on her way out, and she swore there is no Ridge and me, only you and me. Deacon let out a stressed breath the second the door closed.

Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) has no such doubts. She barged into the office of Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) to announce that Taylor doesn’t love Deacon the way she does, and she only left when Li ordered her to take her nasty foot and go. Then she showed up at his place dressed as an accountant, hoping for some fun. Deacon was too distracted by Taylor’s change of heart to play along, and when he told her the news, neither of them looked thrilled.

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Is He Marrying Her Or Paying Her Back?

Here’s the uncomfortable math. Deacon divorced Sheila for Taylor, and when he proposed in August she said she didn’t think they needed to do this, which left him asking whether he had made a mistake. Now she wants the proposal again, her own words being please say the words, and he can hardly refuse the thing he begged for. Deacon Sharpe has waited so long for this yes that turning it down would feel like admitting the August question had an answer.

Add the timing. Taylor’s yes arrived right after she said she wants to live her life for herself, which sounds less like a woman swept off her feet and more like a woman making a point to her daughter. A man could feel like a very expensive statement.

Sheila Is Playing The Long Game, Toe By Toe

Sheila isn’t hiding, she’s doing his books. She fixed his files, offered to keep going, and named her price as one kiss. Deacon protested, then indulged a little. She also put her missing-toe foot on his chest and called her toes her super-power, and he stroked them, which is the sort of detail an engaged man would have a hard time explaining. She calls herself a standing offer and has promised to find a way back into his life.

With an impassioned plea for a future with Deacon Sharpe coming up, she isn’t backing off, and she is patient enough to wait for the day the ledger stops balancing.

The Night Before The Aisle

No date has been set, which is exactly why this works. Say Taylor picks a Saturday and the invitations go out. The night before, Deacon is alone above Il Giardino with a suit and a stomach full of bees, and the one person who knows exactly which door to knock on has already done his bookkeeping. A man who sighs at a proposal he begged for does not sleep well the night before the vows.

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Who Is Waiting At The End Of The Aisle?

If Deacon Sharpe goes through with this wedding, will it be because he wants Taylor, or because he can’t stand being the man who ran? And if the night before ends the way Sheila hopes, who gets to say they didn’t see it coming?

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