Emmerdale’s Robert makes a wary promise to Aaron after striking a game-changing deal

Ooh Emmerdale’s Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) is a slippery little thing, isn’t he?

So much so, even Aaron makes him promise to stop, and that says it all.

He’s a schemer who cares about nothing but his own end goal, even at the expense of grieving Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler). He also has no scruples about screwing over Sadie King (Patsy Kensit), although no one’s complaining about that one.

But now he’s also destroying Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) for his own gains, and Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) is uncomfortable with it.

Robert joined forces with Sadie to try to find Jimmy’s hidden £150,000, but he has no plans for splitting the money with her. Instead, he has designs on swiping The Hide from under Gabby, whose facing financial ruin.

‘Robert’s ambitious and he wants to expand’, star Ryan Hawley said.

‘He’s got designs on making something of himself, which is consistent with him all throughout his time in the show. He sees an opportunity.’

Robert spots Gabby at Jimmy’s grave and uses it as an opportunity to play mind games, telling her to make it up to Nicola through actions and not words. Bit rich for a guy who’s out to leave both the women destitute.

Nicola is worrying about money when Gabby approaches her with a thought – she wants to give Nicola the money from the sale of the Hide.

Aaron is bemused to see Gabby and Laurel handing the keys of the Hide over to Robert and Robert is full of glee.

Aaron forces him to make a promise – that he must stop scheming once the sale goes through. He’s finding this level of deviousness unattractive, and risky.

‘Aaron anchors Robert with the every day man moral compass’, Ryan explained.

‘That’s good for him to have. It keeps him in check. Aaron being Aaron persuades Robert from going so far.’

Robert is excited for the re-opening and his chance to launch his new business, but a conversation will send things awry. Now, buying a café restaurant is not a cheap purchase and it’s not going to go under Sadie’s radar.

What will she make of Robert’s sudden massive investment when Jimmy’s money is still missing?

Reflecting on how Emmerdale has recently reignited the Sugdens, Ryan said:

‘I am loving being the figure head for that. It’s been a lot of fun. We have a great group of people that we are working with. Am I allowed to say this? Cut it out of not. We have seemingly never-ending bedrooms upstairs with characters living in what is now called Emmerdale Farm.

‘I’m sure there’s like a dozen of us. There’s so many scenes in our kitchen where It feels like the house is full. Everybody’s busy, got to be somewhere. Everybody’s got something going on. It’s great. I feel really blessed to be amongst that.’