in march 2009, martha and ken finally kiss. ken tells martha that he is married on 2 april 2009. she is devastated and tells him to leave. however, he keeps pestering her to admit that she has feelings for him as he tells her that he is in love with her. despite this, she isn't interested, especially when she discovers that deirdre didn't know about their affair. their relationship is discovered by audrey roberts (sue nicholls), after her ex-partner ted page (michael byrne), who had known about the affair, is forced to admit it. audrey tells ken's son peter.