EastEnders' Suki Panesar hides her heartbreak after rejecting Eve

This week, Suki was furious when the oblivious Nish once again sought legal advice from former solicitor Eve, as he wanted to expand on the family empire - something which Suki had spent years building up without him.

Meanwhile, Nish became fixated on doing business with Phil Mitchell, but when he offered to buy the chicken shops through which Phil launders money, the latter wasn't so keen.

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Nish responded by ordering son Vinny (Shiv Jalota) to vandalise one of Phil's chicken shops; and was pleased when Vinny returned to the house in the dead of night after carrying out his task.

When Phil stormed over to confront Nish, Suki immediately provided him with an alibi, but the tension continued when Nish discovered that the Minute Mart had been trashed when a staff member closed up for lunch.

While Eve offered to help with the clean-up, Nish informed Phil that he had made his point and suggested he join them for lunch, with Phil laughing in his face.

Suki vented her anger at Nish when she realised that he had roped Vinny into his scheming, pointing out that Nish was risking sending their son to prison. But Nish reminded her that, thanks to her, their two other sons, Jags (Amar Adatia) and Kheerat (Jaz Deol) had already been jailed, with Jags later being killed behind bars.

As Nish harshly condemned Suki, Eve overheard his words. She returned to the Minute Mart to talk to Suki, commenting that Nish was tearing her down bit by bit. Suki maintained her composure, and pledged her commitment to her husband.

"It's like he's sucked all the fire out of you. The Suki I know wouldn't put up with this," said Eve. "Maybe you don't know me as well as you think you do," Suki replied.

As she went on to brand their time together a mistake, Suki declared: "You mean nothing to me," with Eve looking upset as she walked away. But Suki was shaken and tearful when left alone - will she and Eve ever get a second chance?

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