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The Bold and the Beautiful Recap for Monday, November 13, 2023: Li and Poppy Face Off




What happened today on The Bold and the BeautifulLiam professes his love for Steffy and asks her to leave Finn and reunite with him. Li and Poppy hash out strong emotions about their decades-long feud.




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Liam tells Steffy that she can’t deny what they shared and she tells him that she would never try. He says the love they feel for each other is still there and that she is only delaying the inevitable. Liam tells her that eventually she will have to defend herself and the kids from Shelia and he can help her do that. He asks her to leave Finn and come back to him. He tells her that as long as she is with Finn Shelia will be a problem and reminds her that they were great together before. He adds that he thinks they could be even better now. 





Steffy tells Liam he means a lot to her and that they had wonderful times and created a wonderful daughter. She knows he is concerned for her but she is not backing down from Shelia or giving up her marriage because of her. Liam asks if she is going to stay in a marriage that puts her and her kids in danger and she tells him that she loves Finn and isn’t going to leave him for Shelia or anyone else. Liam tells her that he isn’t giving up and that he knows their story isn’t finished. 






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Finn is in his office and Deacon comes in. Finn thanks him for coming so quickly. Deacon tells him that he was intrigued by the invitation and jokingly asks if he is overdue for a checkup. Finn tells him that he needs one of his brains if he thinks there is any way that he is letting Shelia into his life. Deacon comments on Finn calling his mother Shelia and reminds him that she is his mom. Finn tells him that he knows that and Deacon says that Shelia does too and that she feels the connection between them. 




Deacon tells Finn that Shelia gave him life and she wants the chance to earn a place in his life. Finn tells him that can’t happen because of how Steffy feels. Finn says he can’t allow Shelia anywhere near him or his family. He says she needs to accept it and stay away. Deacon doesn’t understand how Finn doesn’t want to get to know his mother and Finn tells him that it will never happen. He makes it clear that his commitment is to his wife and children.




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RJ and Luna are working in the CEO office and he is upset about everything going on with Eric. Luna tells him that he’s not alone in this, that he has his parents and her. RJ takes her hand and tells her that he’s happy that she’s not leaving Forrester even though Li wants her to. Luna doesn’t understand why Li is so hard on her and her mother and RJ tells her that some people are impossible to please. He assures her that Li doesn’t get a say in who works at Forrester. 






RJ is shocked to find out Poppy is in LA and Luna tells him that she didn’t know her mother was coming until she showed up. They talk about Li and Luna tries to explain why Li is as cold as she is. She tells him that they didn’t come from privilege and Li had to work hard to get where she is. She says that her loyalty is to her mother and Li has always been hard on her. She wishes they could be close. RJ tells her that he’s sorry she has to feel this way and hugs her before they kiss.




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Li angrily tells Poppy that Luna has to go and Poppy tries to defend her daughter, saying that Luna would never do anything to hurt Li or Finn and she just wants to work at Forrester. Li tells her sister that she wants Luna gone today. Li calls her sister Penelope and Poppy corrects her. Li refuses to call her Poppy and her sister asks why she is so dismissive of her and her daughter. Li tells her that she knows what she did and reminds her that she almost cost Li her career. Li says she will not let Luna do the same to Finn. 






Li berates her sister for the affair she had with the married chief surgeon at her old hospital. Poppy tells her that she didn’t know he was married until after she had already fallen in love with him. Li tells her that she worked hard to become a doctor and that she almost ruined things for her. She talks down to Poppy about her life and dismissively asks why she is always so happy. Poppy explains to her that money doesn’t mean anything to her as long as she has the basics and her daughter and friends. She questions if Li is happy with all she has and Li tells her that she isn’t because of what Jack did to her. Poppy tells her that there is a silver lining because if there had been no Shelia, she wouldn’t have Finn. 






Li lashes out at Poppy again about Luna being at Forrester and Poppy says she isn’t there to cause trouble. She doesn’t understand why her sister thinks Luna has devious motives and Li says Luna is just as selfish as Poppy is. Li rants about how popular and loved Poppy was and says that it’s unfair. When Poppy asks what she means Li says that it’s unfair that Poppy could carry a child when she couldn’t. 






Poppy apologizes for not knowing Li felt this way and Li tells her that she doesn’t want her pity. Poppy reminds her that she has Finn but Li says it’s not the same. Poppy tries to hug her but Li pushes her away and says that none of this changes anything. She refuses to let Luna interfere in Finn’s life.




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Finn comes home and kisses Steffy. She is surprised because she thought he had a full day at the hospital. He tells her that he realized that the most important thing he had to do was this and then kisses her again. Finn tells her that he has been thinking about her all day. He says they have so much time to make up for and he couldn’t wait another minute to get started. Steffy tells him she isn’t going anywhere and he tells her to never question how much he loves her and their life together. He promises that no one will ever keep them apart again. At the office, Liam looks at a picture of him, Kelly, and Stephanie. He talks to the picture and says she’ll come back to him and then he will never let her go again.






Get the full spoilers for this week here. Watch The Bold and the Beautiful on weekdays on CBS! (Photos: JPI)




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