Emmerdale fans have been pondering over who Belle Dingle’s (Eden Taylor-Draper) new love interest might be.
The beloved character is currently enjoying single life after a horrific ordeal involving Tom King (James Chase).
When Tom and Belle got together, it wasn’t long until we started to see signs of controlling behaviour from him. At first, Tom’s actions were small, but he then became hellbent on isolating Belle from her entire family.
Over the next year, Tom was responsible for installing security cameras in the house, tracking Belle’s every movement, physically and mentally abusing her, as well as pretending her dog Piper had died in an attempt to get close to her again.
Belle eventually reported Tom and he was sent to prison for three years.
In February of this year, Belle decided she would begin divorce proceedings, but it meant visiting Tom in prison.
Fortunately, strong-willed Belle was able to stand up to Tom and ignore his attempts at getting inside her head. Since then, Belle has worked hard on her healing journey, and has even started running Take a Vow in the wake of Leyla and Suzy’s deaths.
Busy running a business, Belle is showing no signs of dipping her toe back into the world of romance at the moment, but could that all change soon?
Taking to social media platform X, many fans of the ITV soap believe that Belle and Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) could be perfect for each other.
‘Belle up at home farm, it’s getting closer to Belle and Billy scenes #emmerdale make this happen. Belle and Billy would make a great couple’, this audience member said.
Echoing the thought, this fan simply wrote: ‘Get Billy and Belle together!’.
Another noted: ‘Can Dawn run off with Joe and Billy and Belle become a couple #Emmerdale’.
Billy is single following the breakdown in his marriage to Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley).
She was having an affair with Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) behind Billy’s back, and eventually decided that she wanted to be with Joe instead of him.
Could a new romance be exactly what Belle and Billy need?
