In the latest episodes of Coronation Street, three characters who seemed unlikely to collide with each other are drawn into an unpredictable emotional triangle: Carla – James – Tim.

This plot starts very lightly, just a few greetings, a few moments when James accidentally appears at the right moment when Carla is weak.

But then everything escalates faster than fans expected.

Carla, who has just rebuilt her life after a series of personal events, never thought she would be moved by someone like James – a calm, sophisticated man, but hidden behind his smile is a silent care that she has never had.

James’ feelings do not come in a sudden explosion, but creep through each late-night conversation, each time he appears at the right moment when Carla needs a shoulder.

Meanwhile, Tim, James’s best friend and the one who always believed in Carla like a sister, began to feel something was wrong. He realized that James was “too caring”, and Carla was “too trusting”. The avoidant glances, the moments when Tim accidentally walked in and saw James and Carla being too close made him gradually collapse. Tim was considered the most loyal friend in the neighborhood, but now he was stuck in a double betrayal – betrayal from his friend and from the person he once respected the most.

The climax of the drama happened when Tim decided to talk directly to James. In the scene that stunned fans, Tim asked: “What are you doing with Carla, James?” James looked straight into Tim’s eyes, his face not avoiding, and replied: “I didn’t mean to break anything… but Carla deserves to be loved.” That sentence was like a knife cutting straight into Tim’s heart, because he knew James had crossed the line of friendship.