For a brief, shining moment, Katie Logan believed she had finally stepped out of the shadows and into her own future. While Los Angeles buzzed with scandal, betrayals, and emotional wreckage, Katie had something rare in this world — hope. Her newly founded fashion house, Logan, was no longer just an idea scribbled in notebooks or whispered behind closed doors. It had taken a monumental step forward when Eric Forrester, the legendary architect of fashion royalty, agreed to become her lead designer.

To Katie, Eric’s decision felt like validation on every level. This wasn’t just about business credibility or industry prestige. It was deeply personal. For years, Katie had existed in the orbit of other people’s power — Brooke’s fame, Ridge’s dominance, the Forrester legacy that seemed impossible to compete with. Having Eric by her side meant she was finally being seen not as “Brooke’s sister” or “someone’s ex,” but as a visionary in her own right.

Eric, however, understood from the beginning that his involvement came with consequences. His agreement was not made lightly, nor without fear. Working with Katie meant directly challenging Forrester Creations — the company he built, the legacy he protected, and the family he loved. He made one condition clear from the start: secrecy. At least for now. Brooke and Ridge could not know. Not yet.

Katie agreed, though the secrecy cast a quiet shadow over her joy. Even so, she threw herself into the work. Sketches came alive. Plans took shape. For the first time in a long while, Katie allowed herself to imagine a future defined by independence rather than compromise. Eric, too, seemed rejuvenated. Away from internal family politics, he rediscovered the pure joy of creation — mentoring, designing, and helping build something new from the ground up.

But in Los Angeles, secrets never stay hidden for long.

Brooke discovered the truth by accident, and the revelation landed like a betrayal that cut from multiple directions at once. To her, Eric’s involvement with Logan wasn’t simply a professional choice — it felt deeply personal. As though Eric had chosen Katie over the family they built together at Forrester Creations. Hurt quickly turned to anger when Eric confirmed everything.

The situation escalated the moment Ridge became involved. For Ridge, this wasn’t emotional — it was war. He viewed Eric’s work with Logan as a direct threat to Forrester Creations and an act of disloyalty to the company’s legacy. Katie was accused of sabotage. Eric was accused of betrayal. Voices rose. Boundaries shattered. What began as a business disagreement turned into a full-scale family confrontation.

Brooke and Ridge issued an ultimatum that left no room for negotiation: Eric had to walk away from Logan immediately.

Caught in the center of a storm he never intended to create, Eric was forced to confront an impossible reality. He loved Katie’s vision. He believed in her talent. But he also loved his family. And no matter what choice he made, someone would be devastated.

In the end, Eric chose sacrifice.

He went to see Katie himself, unwilling to deliver the news through messages or intermediaries. The moment she saw his expression, her heart sank. Eric explained that he could no longer be her lead designer — and then revealed the two reasons that made his decision unavoidable.

The first reason was family loyalty. Eric admitted that continuing with Logan would permanently fracture his relationship with Brooke and Ridge. For all their conflicts, Forrester Creations remained the legacy of his life’s work. Walking away from Logan wasn’t about rejecting Katie — it was about preserving the fragile structure holding his family together.

The second reason cut even deeper: legacy responsibility. Eric confessed that if he continued working with Logan, he would be actively undermining the very company he built. No matter how pure his intentions, history would remember it as betrayal. He could not live with being the man who dismantled his own empire from the inside.

For Katie, the explanation didn’t lessen the pain — it sharpened it.

The dream she had barely begun to live collapsed in front of her. Once again, family politics and old loyalties proved stronger than her ambitions. The disappointment was devastating not just because she lost Eric, but because it reinforced a lifelong fear: that she would always come second to Brooke and Ridge, no matter how capable or deserving she was.

Eric left their meeting brokenhearted, questioning whether doing the “right” thing had cost him the chance to finally choose himself. Katie was left staring at a future suddenly uncertain, forced to confront whether she could build Logan without the one person who made it feel possible.

The fallout is far from over.

Tensions between Logan and Forrester have never been sharper. Katie’s confidence is shaken, Eric’s conscience is heavy, and Brooke and Ridge may believe they’ve won — but at what cost? Relationships have been strained, trust damaged, and the question now hanging over everyone is whether loyalty should always outweigh personal fulfillment.

Did Eric make the right choice by walking away from Katie and Logan? Or did he sacrifice something meaningful out of fear rather than conviction?

One thing is certain: in The Bold and the Beautiful, choosing family often comes at a price — and this time, everyone is paying it.