Bold and the Beautiful has Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) and Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) determined to be together despite the fact that Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) just hit Taylor with a heartbreaking ultimatum.
Bold and the Beautiful: Deacon and Taylor Tangle
So, last week we saw Deacon Sharpe and Taylor Hayes professing their love to each other and they shared a passionate kiss. Deacon thinks he and Taylor are meant to be together and she agrees. They talked again with Deacon reiterating that he’s ready to leave Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) to be with Taylor.
And then we saw Taylor telling Steffy Forrester that she and Deacon can’t deny their feelings anymore and they want to be together. Of course, Steffy freaked and she told Taylor this can’t happen. Then Steffy took things further and told Taylor that if she’s with Deacon, that’s a deal breaker.
Steffy said Taylor’s not just putting herself in danger, she’s putting Steffy and the kids in danger because Sheila will come after them all. She will lash out if Deacon leaves her. So Steffy told Taylor, “If you start seeing Deacon, I will cut you out of this family.” Of course, that horrified Taylor.
Deacon and Taylor Vow to Fight for Their Romance on B&B
But spoilers for this week confirm that Deacon and Taylor vow to find a way to be together and they share another kiss. So, they’re not going to give up. While Steffy was raging at Taylor, we had Deacon trying to low-key bring up divorce to Sheila. What didn’t help was that when Deacon was trying to talk to her, Sheila had that giant hatchet knife that she was using to chop up fish.
So, Deacon’s trying to ease Sheila into the idea of divorce, talking about what a good person she is now and how much she’s changed, whether or not they’re together. But the only problem is basically what Deacon did was he put Sheila on high alert and she’s going to be suspicious. Meanwhile, Taylor and Deacon are very intent on being together because they are in love. Steffy’s ultimatum is a problem and so is the fact that Deacon is pretty much scared of Sheila.
A Secret Affair and the Search for a B&B Love Nest
I suspect that Deacon and Taylor are going to start a secret affair while they figure out how to make sure Sheila doesn’t come unhinged and doesn’t start hurting people that she loves. And of course, Deacon and Taylor could always wait to be together and they could be patient, but I doubt we’re going to see that, especially because we’re in February sweeps.
I think Deacon and Taylor are going to keep seeing each other. They’re going to keep smooching and I think they’re going to do even more than that. I think we’re on a countdown to seeing them getting intimate, but Deacon and Taylor need some place to be together because they definitely can’t go to his place. Deacon lives with Sheila and they can’t go to her place because Taylor lives in Steffy Forrester’s guest house and she has hit her with that ultimatum.
So, I suspect Taylor and Deacon are going to get themselves a little love nest somewhere they can sneak off and be together. Because as of now, the only way for Taylor to be with Deacon is to sneak around. Until they can figure out how to get Sheila to calmly accept that Deacon doesn’t want to be with her, they either have to stay away from each other or they have to creep around and develop this relationship in secret.
Protecting Taylor Hayes from Sheila Carter’s Revenge on Bold and the Beautiful
Taylor and Deacon also need to meet in secret to strategize on how to get him extricated from his marriage to Sheila without her trying to kill Taylor or Deacon or both him and Taylor. I don’t think Deacon is patient enough to wait to be with Taylor, but at the same time, he doesn’t want her to be at risk.
Official 2026 Bold and the Beautiful spoilers said that Deacon is very intent on protecting Taylor from Sheila and the potential risk that she might go nuclear and want revenge on Taylor for taking her man. Of course, if Deacon can find a way to peacefully divorce Sheila, then Steffy may reconsider the ultimatum.
But as of now, I can see why Steffy’s right not to trust Sheila. I don’t think there’s any way to stop her from going bat crap crazy if Deacon tells her he wants a divorce. That’s bad enough. But to make it worse, if he tells Sheila he’s in love with Taylor and wants to be with her, that’s going to be a huge problem because Sheila is giving Taylor the credit for saving their relationship.
Hope Logan and Brooke Logan Join Team Taylor and Deacon on Bolf
And even worse, if Deacon brings his kids into this and says, “Look, part of the issue is my kids don’t want you around Sheila but they totally approve of me being with Taylor.” I mean, that is going to hit Sheila twice as hard. And in the end, I don’t think there’s any stopping the train wreck that’s coming. But Taylor already said she’s willing to take the risk and she isn’t afraid of Sheila.
And flat out, Taylor said she’s not going to live in fear, but she can’t do anything about Steffy’s fear, which is tangible and justified. So, she and Deacon are definitely going to pursue their relationship, and they need time alone so that they can bask in these newfound feelings and sort out the Sheila situation.
So, they need a love nest, and I’m wondering where that’s going to be. Bold has an unused set that they could remake into a romantic little hidey-hole where those two can be together. Do you remember Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada)’s little apartment? I think that would work. That’s a set they’ve got built and on hand and was used recently.
Finding a Secret Hideout on The Bold and the Beautiful
The problem with a hotel room is that would leave a money trail unless it was some little ratty cash-only place. But B&B has a set for that, too. Do you remember that icky little hotel where Eric Forrester (John McCook) and Quinn Fuller (Rena Sofer) used to meet before they were publicly outed in a relationship? Then again, Taylor could take a page from Bill Spencer (Don Diamont)’s playbook and have a naughty little sex room built next door to her office.
Hope & Deke Support Secret Romance on Bold and the Beautiful
Taylor and Deacon could also just lock the door and get busy on her shrink couch, but anybody could catch them there, including Steffy or Sheila. I think Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) and Deke Sharpe (Harrison Cone) would actually help them as much as possible. They might even run interference so that Deacon could sneak around to be with Taylor
We know that both of Deacon’s kids want him to leave Sheila and they very much want him to be with Taylor instead. I also think that when Hope hears that Steffy gave Taylor this ultimatum and threatened to cut her out of the family, I could see Hope doubling down to help Deacon and Taylor on the sly.
This week, Steffy’s going to go tell Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) that Taylor has feelings for Deacon. I’m sure Ridge is going to be outraged and he’ll tell Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang). But I think Brooke would support Taylor being with Deacon. Brooke might also try and help get through to Steffy and help Deacon find a way to get Sheila to accept a divorce without getting violent.
Will Deacon & Taylor Survive the Sheila on B&B?
One thing we know for sure is that Deacon and Taylor are very happy to have found each other and they are falling in love. They’re already saying, “I love you.” I think they could have a really good life together. But Sheila is the primary and most terrifying obstacle to this relationship.
If they can deal with Sheila and get her to accept things, I think that Steffy would drop the whole deal about cutting her mom out of her life. In the meantime, I expect to see Deacon and Taylor sneaking around and finding some place where they can be together without prying eyes seeing them.
Wait to see if they find a little love nest all of their own. It is February sweeps, so I’m expecting them to find some place with a bedroom and they’re going to hit the sheets.
