While the audience has not yet had time to celebrate the good news that Charity Dingle is a surrogate mother for Sarah and Jacob, Emmerdale has thrown out an unexpected twist: Charity had secretly dated Ross Barton.

The story was originally simple – a successful embryo transfer – but suddenly became a mysterious maze about the identity of the baby’s father.

Ross appeared at the right time, causing everyone to immediately question: if the transplant failed and Charity was pregnant before, was Ross the biological father?

Charity herself firmly asserted that “it has nothing to do with Ross”, but her confused eyes made it difficult for viewers to believe it completely.

On social media, a series of Emmerdale fans discussed enthusiastically. Some people asserted: “The baby is Ross’s, for sure.” Others worried: “If it is true, all of Sarah and Jacob’s hopes will go up in smoke.” The complication is that Ross is not prepared to be a father, and this relationship can cause unpredictable consequences, from legal to emotional.

The name Ross Barton, familiar with love troubles, is now once again involved in drama. The audience is waiting anxiously: is Ross just a “bait” for the screenwriter to distract, or is he really the key factor, the biological father of the child in Charity’s womb?