Hollyoaks spoilers: Luke Morgan gets romantic with his ex, Mandy!
Luke Morgan prepares a romantic meal for his estranged wife Mandy. Is he hoping to get back with her and should Darren be worried?
Luke Morgan (Gary Lucy) surprised everyone in Hollyoaks by turning up without warning last week, and none more so than his estranged wife, Mandy (Sarah Jayne Dunn).
Mandy was stunned to see her ex saunter into The Hutch brandishing a giant bouquet of flowers.
Luke, who has been serving a prison sentence following his assault on Scott Drinkwell, seems keen to pick up where he left off even though Mandy has now moved on and is playing happy families with Darren Osborne (Ashley Taylor Dawson).
Not surprisingly, Darren is feeling a little awkward following the arrival of his former best mate, but when he questions how long he’ll be staying, Mandy leaps in to say that Luke is welcome for as long as he likes.
But should Darren feel threatened? Luke tells his son Ollie (Aedan Duckworth) that he has ‘big plans’ now that he’s a free man and back in Chester. He then sets to work preparing a romantic candlelit meal for his ex Mandy so, yes, Darren SHOULD feel threatened.
Meanwhile Cindy urges Ollie to tell his dad the truth about being baby DJ’s biological dad.
Ollie and Cindy are the only ones who know that Darren is NOT the tot’s father and that the Luke is the real dad. After months of keeping the facts secret, will Ollie finally reveal the bombshell news?
Elsewhere, Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) is excited as it’s the day of Liberty’s insemination. Her sister has agreed to be a surrogate for Sienna and her boyfriend Brody Hudson (Adam Woodward). However an anxious Liberty is starting to feel the pressure and worries that she can’t go through it with it. Later on, Sienna is heart-broken with Liberty breaks the news that she can no longer be their surrogate.
Meanwhile Mitchell Deveraux (Imran Adams) helps his girlfriend Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerrin) swat up ahead of starting university, where she's going to be doing a nursing degree. But Cleo starts to stress when she can’t answer some of his questions and snaps at him.
Goldie (Chelsee Healey) decides Cleo needs a helping hand but what exactly has she got in mind?
Hollyoaks is shown weekdays on C4 at 6.30pm with the next episode following on E4
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