### Steffy Discovers Thomas and Paris’s Marriage Plans Were Completely Fake
Steffy, with the best of intentions, continually pushes Thomas to marry Paris and leave
his past with Hope behind. She believes that Thomas moving on with
Paris will help him forget Hope and find new happiness.
However, she is unaware that Thomas doesn’t truly love Paris.
To Thomas, Paris is merely a pawn in his elaborate scheme to make
Hope regret rejecting him. Thomas meticulously crafts a plan, showering Paris with sweet words and performing actions that feign affection, all for the sake of his deception.
On the other hand, Paris is not easily deceived. She harbors her own desire for revenge against Zende, who left her for Luna. Paris collaborates with Thomas, aligning their shared goals of vengeance.
Paris repeatedly laments that Zende ruined their long-term relationship by cheating on her with Luna, while Thomas remains fixated on the two times Hope rejected him. During a scene filmed in Paris, Thomas reveals his true feelings about Hope and his regret over her rejections, which only fuels his determination to deceive Paris and make Hope regret her decisions.
Paris, meanwhile, opens up to Thomas about how deeply Zende’s betrayal hurt her. United by sympathy and hatred, they devise a plan to seek revenge on their former lovers by spreading rumors of their impending marriage. However, Steffy soon becomes suspicious of Thomas and Paris’s relationship when she overhears a conversation between the two. Despite Thomas’s sincere and understanding facade, Steffy senses that something is amiss as he tries to convince her that everyone needs time to accept his love for Paris.
The tension escalates as Hope feels increasingly distressed at the thought of Thomas actually marrying Paris. Meanwhile, Paris is playing a dangerous game of her own. Zende confesses his mistakes to Paris, vowing never to repeat them, and proposes a reunion, suggesting they get married to prove their strong love.
As Steffy listens to another conversation between Thomas and Paris, her doubts about their relationship grow. Thomas’s sweet and sincere words fail to mask the lies beneath as he claims that everything is going according to plan.
Steffy realizes that her efforts to help her brother find happiness were merely part of his deceitful plot. Shocked and surprised by Paris’s wedding plans, Steffy finds herself in an awkward position. She must decide whether to expose Thomas and Paris’s scheme to protect the truth and the people she loves or remain silent and see how the situation unfolds.
The drama intensifies as the characters navigate their tangled relationships and hidden agendas, with Steffy at the center of the unfolding chaos.