Esmè Jensen was the PA to Max Tyler and girlfriend to Chris Mead at John Fosters. Max seduced her into an affair and she ended up pregnant with his baby. Esmè felt pressured. She knew Chris didn't believe it was his baby. She soon left. Three years later, Esmè is the PA at Waterloo Road school. She gets a shock when the merger happens and she's reunited with Max and Chris. Max does whatever he can to win back Esmè. He knows how he treated her was wrong. But can they rewrite the passion between them?