When Dev Alahan began his amorous pursuit of solicitor Maya Sharma in October 2003, he was dismayed to see her a few weeks later kissing an unknown man. Seeing this as proof that she was two-timing him, he started to ignore her calls. This brought her round to the Corner Shop where she confessed that she'd been seeing a married man called Gavin Parks on a strictly non-committal basis. Dev told her to drop Gavin if she was interested in seeing him again.