Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) was left absolutely reeling in Emmerdale as Ross Barton (Michael Parr) made a move on her, despite her being married to Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb).
Ross, as viewers know, returned to the eponymous village last week and wasted little time in making his presence felt, kickstarting a feud with Mack, who berated the returnee over letting Moses attend his illegal fight.
Charity was equally appalled with Ross’ actions but felt that given what he’d been through with losing Rebecca and Seb, he deserved another chance and thus she went out of her way to help him secure a job at Butlers.
But Ross struggled to rein in his dislike of Mack and proceeded to wind him up about his own past with Charity. Things reached boiling point when Ross – believing fight organiser Jade to be intimidating him – fired a warning shot on the farm in front of Moses.
Mack was left reeling over the fact that Ross put his own son’s life in risk and thus he notified Charity, who gave her ex another lecture about needing to step up and be a good dad for his son.
Monday’s (November 4) offering of the ITV soap saw Ross attempt to make things right, calling over to Jacob’s Fold with a packet of sweets for Moses.
Mack referred to Moses as ‘our son’, which Ross didn’t take too kindly too, which prompted the farmhand to reiterate his previous stance – in order to be a dad to Moses, Ross needs to make more of an effort.
Ross, however, did the opposite during a subsequent heart-to-heart with Charity as he attempted to kiss her.
Charity pushed him away, telling him that nothing will happen between them and nor does she want it to but Ross wasn’t listening, which prompted Charity to say it louder, telling him that she has no intention of revisiting their past fling.
The audacity of Ross left her rather speechless and, fearing what Mack might do to Ross in retaliation, she refrained from telling her husband about his actions.
Seeing how much Mack cares for Moses, Charity was left truly touched and gave him a kiss.
The question is: will Mack find out about Ross’ blatant attempt to cause a rift between he and Charity?
And what’s more, will Ross succeed in coming between the couple? Or are Mack and Charity solid?
