luke goes on have a brief fling with michelle connor (kym marsh) before she leaves to go on tour with her band. he then turns his attentions to "underworld" p.a. rosie webster (helen flanagan) when she receives a windfall of £150,000 from john stape (graeme hawley). he seduces her and afterwards convinces her to invest in a 9% share of the factory much to her delight. upon michelle's return to the street, luke's head is once again turned as he dumps rosie for michelle. however, he soon gives into rosie's charms again as the pair sleep together. rosie tricks luke, when she takes his phone and texts michelle pretending to be luke. michelle is disgusted when she comes to luke's apartment only to see rosie there. michelle storms out, quickly followed by rosie, telling luke that he is dumped.