4843: Liam's photos end up in the newspaper

An angry Liam wakes Belle, and tosses the morning newspaper at her. She’s confused to find a couple of the photos she’d taken of Liam and his son inside, along with sensational headlines. Belle is adamant she didn’t sell the photos to the paper, but Liam doesn’t believe her. Belle then arranges a day pass from rehab in order to track down who sold the pics.

It seems there are only a handful of options and Belle starts with Annie. She confirms that only Aden saw the shots and Belle pays him a visit. However her timing is off and she walks in on him and Nicole having sex. Belle’s distraught that Aden has moved on so quickly and that her friendship with Liam has been shredded. She finally returns to Rehab to report to Liam that she didn’t uncover how the paper got the photos, but Liam’s lawyer has solved the mystery and Liam is back on side.

After Charlie gives Aden a ride home from work, Aden asks her in for a coffee. They chat quietly as Roman’s asleep on the couch, but when he’s awoken by a nightmare and discovers Charlie’s there, he’s embarrassed and is rude to her. After Charlie beats a hasty retreat, Aden gives Roman a serve. He points out that Roman’s been obnoxious to all his friends lately and that he’s not the only person with problems. He staggers Roman by revealing Charlie’s upset at having broken up with her girlfriend. Roman knew nothing about their relationship.

Stung by Aden’s home truths, and intrigued by his news about Charlie, Roman pays her a visit. To Charlie’s surprise she finds that she can talk to Roman, and finally she’s able to open up to someone about how she’s feeling about Joey leaving.

Roman is frustrated. He knows something is going on between Aden and Nicole – there’s a tension between them – but neither of them will tell him anything. When Roman goes out, Nicole gets a chance to talk to a reluctant Aden. Nicole thinks that seeing as they’ve had sex a couple of times they should consider seeing each other.

But Aden, full of guilt and regret after promising Roman he’d never touch Nicole, is dead against it. He means it, but passion overcomes him again and fiery love making follows which only ramps up Aden’s guilt.

When Belle drops by again later, having by chance seen Nicole and Aden making out earlier, she berates Aden about Nicole, only for Roman to overhear. Roman’s gutted by Aden’s betrayal and kicks him out of the house.