Ella arrives in the village to view Home Farm, half of which is for sale. After viewing the house, she offers Nathan Wylde a reduced price but he declines and Ella leaves. However, Nathan's sister, Maisie tells him to accept so they can leave as soon as possible. The following day, Ella returns and Nathan accepts her offer. She reveals to Nathan and Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) that she is Declan's ex-wife. She tries to seduce Declan, but he rejects her telling her that they are better as friends. She then signs Home Farm over to Declan and returns to Singapore. Ella returns to the village and goes to Home Farm with daughter Mia. She sees Declan kissing Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) and insults her. Ella then tells Declan that she and Mia are moving into Home Farm. Ella and Declan rekindle their marriage and she makes friends with Nicola, encouraging her to keep fighting for her family. As before, Declan's business eventually takes priority and Ella feels neglected and in April 2011, a chance encounter with Mia's boyfriend, Adam Barton, leads to an affair. After Adam's mother Moira, demands that they end the affair, Ella reveals their affair to Declan when drunk. Disgusted that Ella could do that to their daughter, he sacks Adam and throws Ella out. She moves into Holdgate Farm with Jai and uses Mia to try and wreck his budding relationship with Katie Sugden but Declan warns her that if she doesn't leave Katie alone, he'll tell Mia about Ella and Adam's affair. Angry that Ella is still in the village, Declan buys her a plane ticket to Singapore and her affair with Adam is eventually revealed to the village. Realising Mia would never forgive her, she leaves the village for Singapore. In November 2011, Mia dies in a car accident and she returns for the funeral off screen. She becomes hostile to Declan and Katie and leaves to Singapore, asking Declan to scatter Mia's ashes. When Megan returns, she tells Declan that Ella is now engaged and is still not coping with Mia's death. Reception Laura Morgan writing for All About Soap said she had her fingers crossed that "saucy Ella" would lead Adam very astray. Sarah Ellis writing for Inside Soap said that Ella had no morals and her affair with Adam had "disaster written all over it". Jon Horsley from Yahoo! said