EastEnders fans predict ‘love square’ as Chantelle and Gray fall for other people and she almost confesses about abuse

EASTENDERS viewers are convinced Chantelle and Gray are in love with other people as she almost confesses about his abuse to Kheerat.

Fans of the BBC soap have been predicting an affair between the pair for weeks and they looked very close after a power cut at Chantelle’s new job in the Panesars’ call centre.

While they were trapped alone, she began to reveal hidden secrets to Kheerat about her abusive relationship with Gray.

She said: “Sometimes i think my relationship is different to everyone else’s. I don’t even know where to begin. He’s just so… he can be so…”

Just before she confessed, the lights came back on and Chantelle rushed home.

She discovered she had 15 missed calls from her abusive husband Gray who had been looking for.

After she returned to an empty home, viewers saw Gray sharing an intimate moment with his client Whitney and think there’s a “love square” on the horizon.

A fan predicted: “Chantelle and kheerat gray and Whitney love square #EastEnders.”

Another said: “So… Whit / Gray / Chantelle / Kheerat love square incoming? #EastEnders.”

One fan said: “Gray and Chantelle realizing they are both in love with other people #EastEnders.”

Someone else said: “The chemistry between Kheerat and Chantelle!! I really hope something happens between them!!!”

Another added: “I’m looking forward to seeing how this gray Whitney Chantelle and kheerat situation plays out it’s obvious somethings gonna happen beetween gray and Whitney but I can’t predict how the rest will play out.”

Chantelle is embroiled in a long-running domestic abuse storyline that has seen Gray break her arm when her pregnancy test came back negative.

But Chantelle has remained devoted to her abusive husband, and when lost his job at the solicitors firm in March, she got a job at Kheerat Panesar’s place of work in an effort to pay the bills.

She was left terrified at being attacked again by Gray when a powercut meant Gray was unable to get hold of her on the phone while she was trapped with Kheerat.

Tonight the soap teased a potential romance between Gray and Whitney as she told him she couldn’t have got through her murder trial ordeal without him.