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The fan-favourite Regency era romance drama, Bridgerton, just pulled the curtains on its fourth season on Netflix, which spotlighted the sparks flying between Sophie and Benedict.

The fourth season of the beloved period drama began with a masquerade ball where Benedict first laid eyes on the enigmatic Lady in Silver, unaware until the conclusion of the first part of the season that the face behind the mask belongs to none other than Sophie.

Although the first part concluded with a major cliffhanger, Benedict proposing Sophie be his mistress, the second part of Bridgerton season four brings answers about whether the pair ultimately manage to overcome the obstacles for a happy ending.

So, for those curious about the same, here’s how Bridgerton’s fourth season ended for Sophie and Benedict.

Do Sophie and Benedict get their happily-ever-after?

Unlike the Mayfair couples who came before them, Benedict and Sophie’s love story was marked by obstacles of various kinds – class difference, threatened prison time, mysterious identities, shoe clips of suspect origin, Lord Penwood’s secret will, and one evil stepmother. However, the second part of Bridgerton’s fourth season sees both defying all odds to win Queen Charlotte’s approval and get engaged.

The season ends with a wedding for the surprised fans as the Bridgerton family and Sophie’s found family father at the pair’s My Cottage estate for an emotional country wedding. Benedict’s best man is Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, and Sophie walks down the aisle with her friend Alfie. At the end of episode eight, Benedict and Sophie’s nuptial scenes take place. But how did Mr and Mrs Bridgerton actually get there?

A flashback in the second episode shows Araminta and Sophie at Lord Penwood’s grave, where the latter is adorned with the signature pieces of a nobleperson in accordance with her status as her biological father’s “ward.” A grieving Araminta constantly reminds mourning Sophie that Lord Penwood had no place for her in the will, which is why, as “protection,” Araminta wants Sophie to take up the offer to be a maid at Penwood House. Never having seen the will herself, Sophie believes Araminta and accepts the position.

But in the eighth episode, Benedict notes that Sophie shouldn’t believe anything Araminta says, adding, “It is clear that woman despises you.” In the aftermath, the Bridgertons scheme a meticulous plan to obtain Lord Penwood’s physical will, using Eloise’s friendship with Cressida to get inside Penwood House and ultimately locate it.

Lord Penwood’s will finally unveils that Sophie had a £18,000 dowry all this time, which is also the same dowry size he allotted his stepdaughters, Rosamund and Posy. He even promised Araminta an extra £4,000 for every year she housed Sophie, but the former schemed and manipulated the will in her favour. The revelation becomes crucial in legitimising Sophie’s social status, in turn, clearing all the forks in the road to her union with Benedict.