The Bold and the Beautiful (B&B) spoilers hint that Steffy Forrester Finnegan (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) may play hardball with Bill Spencer (Don Diamont).

Kelly Spencer (Sophia Paras) could get dragged into this mess, so let’s consider how things might go down on B&B.

Steffy wasn’t at the Forrester mansion for the big showdown, but she’ll inevitably become part of the action sooner or later.

Now all this Eric Forrester (John McCook) chaos has exploded, Steffy deserves a chance to weigh and maybe even take charge.

Bill could make the conflict with Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) even worse now that he wants to keep Eric’s designs for Katie Logan Spencer’s (Heather Tom) fashion house.

Bill insisted those designs belong to Logan, but Katie is nervous about digging their heels in on this and further destroying her bond with Brooke.

It was ultimately revealed that Eric only gave his verbal agreement, but Bill still thinks they have the upper hand here.

The Forresters are obviously going to disagree, so this could turn into a major legal battle if they let it get that far.

However, Steffy may decide to avoid the courtroom altogether and just nip this in the bud herself.

Steffy took control of the situation with Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) by threatening to cut her out of the family.

Taylor was forced to choose whether she wanted to be with Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) or remain in Steffy and the grandkids’ lives.

Since Taylor chose Steffy, Kelly and Hayes Finnegan (Bryan David Garlick), Steffy might use a similar strategy on Bill.

Despite Bill’s many flaws, he still adores his grandchildren and wouldn’t like it if Steffy kept Kelly away from him.

Steffy might go as far as banning Bill from Kelly completely until he’s willing to surrender Eric’s designs.

Of course, Katie might intervene at that point and tell Bill that it’s just not worth it.

Perhaps Katie could even take matters into her own hands and return Eric’s designs behind Bill’s back if need be.

Whatever the case, The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers suggest Steffy may get tough with Bill following all the news about Eric, including Bill’s efforts to keep Eric’s work.