Ross in Emmerdale gutted as unnerved Laurel suddenly dumps him
Ross Barton (Michael Parr) and Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) as a couple is perhaps one of Emmerdale’s wilder pairings, but what’s even wilder is that Laurel is the one to do the dumping.
What started out as a bit of a fling has seen Ross start to catch feelings, and he’s falling hard. Almost ready to go Instagram Offish. Her? Not so much. As far as she’s concerned, he’s scratching an itch.
In upcoming scenes Laurel basically gets her fill, then calls it a day in the ultimate power move. Actress Charlotte tells Metro: ‘It happens very quickly. It’s quite intense for a bit, and then she’s like, “Yeah, I’m done.”’
Poor Ross is gutted. Her brutal dumping comes after the pair enjoy a few weeks of secret sexy times brought on by their close proximity salsa dancing. Ross is enjoying their fling and starts to see a future in it. He gets to the point he wants to woo her on a date.
Laurel freaks out at this, she realises he is taking things way too seriously when all she wanted was something uncomplicated.
‘He’s kind of her therapy,’ Charlotte says. ‘Just to have a really surface-level relationship after falling for Ray, and getting burnt. So that’s why she actually rejects Ross. You’d think it might be the other way around, but of course, she has all the power.’
What a kick in the pride for Ross. The thing is, Laurel is just too much of a good egg. Instead of just having her way with him, she ends it, much to Nicola’s disgust.
She’s disappointed in her friend for not keeping things going with her fancy-footed floosy just for funsies.
What’s worse though is that Laurel has no idea that she is being labelled a home-wrecker by Kim Tate (Claire King), who spots her and Sam Dingle (James Hooton) in a clinch, not realising that Laurel is just innocently playing his dance teacher.
Kim tells Lydia what she’s seen, and it’s all set to explode.
Will Laurel be forced to confess her secret romance to save her reputation?
