breaks up with Luke and sleeps with Darren, who has himself split from wife Nancy (Jessica Fox). Mandy is left feeling guilty after sleeping with Darren and agrees to give Luke another chance. Mandy and Darren begin an affair behind Luke and Nancy's back. Darren calls off the affair but after Jack has a heart attack, he turns to her for comfort and they kiss. Mandy is surprised to find out about his past with Sienna and confronts Darren. She is further jealous when a drunk Leela Lomax (Kirsty-Leigh Porter) makes a pass at him. Mandy and Darren continue their affair and meet up in the Bean at night, however, they are caught on CCTV. Fortunately, Darren distracts Esther Bloom (Jazmine Franks) long enough for Mandy to delete the footage. Mandy and Luke move into a new flat with Ella and Oliver. Mandy begins to think that Luke may be cheating on her and confides in Darren leading to them sleeping with each other again. However Luke arrives home and Darren hides under the bed. Luke proposes to Mandy and she accepts and they have sex while Darren is under the bed. They decide to get married in Florida but before they are about to leave Darren begs Mandy not to marry him but she does. During Luke's party, Mandy gets jealous when Scarlett gives Luke a present and they have a catfight. In June 2018, Luke discovers that Mandy is having an affair after finding text messages on her phone and turns to drinking again. Sienna blackmails Mandy and Darren over the affair and demands £2000. Darren refuses to give it to her but Mandy does. Luke suspects Tony to be the mystery man and punches him. Darren ends his marriage to Nancy and him and Mandy decide to run away together. However, Nancy suffers an MS attack and they decide to end their affair. When Nancy finds out that Mandy was going to leave Luke she confronts her and Mandy confesses that it was Darren. Nancy furiously slaps Mandy and Mandy is forced to tell Luke. Luke pleads with Mandy not to leave him and promises to give up drinking but Mandy tells him its too late. Luke is sentenced to two years in prison for assaulting Scott Drinkwell (Ross Adams). In October 2018, Mandy and Darren decide to give their relationship another go., but Nancy decides to