If Salem is a place of twists and turns, then the love story between Johnny DiMera and Chanel DuPree is its “most fragile heart.”

After a series of storms, the couple thought they had finally reached happiness – building a home together and welcoming their first child. But this week, that hope was mercilessly crushed.

At the beginning of the episode, Chanel was eagerly bringing the results of her pregnancy test home to show Johnny.

She smiled and whispered: “I think I’m going to be a mother.”

Johnny held her hand, his eyes shining – until the doctor called, his voice trembling: “Chanel… there’s a problem. The results are unstable. We need to talk in person.”

From that moment on, the smile disappeared. Johnny held her tightly in his arms, while outside, the Halloween rain pounded on the DiMera roof. The couple rushed to the hospital, where they received devastating news: Chanel had a rare complication that could make her pregnancy life-threatening.

But the tragedy didn’t end there. Johnny’s father, EJ DiMera, showed up at the hospital, bringing his own lawyer. He coldly demanded that Chanel sign a “deed guaranteeing assets and inheritance” — a move that sent Johnny into a rage. “Are you using my pain as a political weapon?” he yelled.

Chanel burst into tears and tore up the paper. But that action put her in the crosshairs of the media — who were always waiting for a scandal from the DiMera family. A photo of Chanel leaving the hospital with the headline “DiMera heir abandons fiancée in hospital” immediately went viral.

Under pressure, Johnny hugged Chanel, whispering: “I don’t care what they say. I just need you.” But Chanel’s eyes were filled with tears — because she knew, in the DiMera world, love rarely triumphs over power. And from this moment, the two of them not only have to fight against fate, but also against an empire lurking behind.