EastEnders' Ryan has secret Lily plan exposed as he exits

EastEnders spoilers follow.

Ryan Malloy has exited the Square once again, after having his plan for Lily Slater rumbled in EastEnders.

Earlier this week, Ryan put pressure on pregnant daughter Lily to move to Wakefield with him and his partner Helen.

In Thursday's (February 16) episode, Stacey felt helpless when Lily announced that she would indeed be leaving Walford with her father. The baby's father, Ricky Jr, decided he'd be leaving the Square too to support his child.

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However, the whole situation imploded when Ravi overheard Lily and Ricky Jr making their plans and then revealed the truth to Jack Branning and Denise Fox.

A furious Jack shipped Ricky Jr back to Sam's while Denise and Ravi were left contemplating what this situation meant for their growing attraction to one another.

Stacey had come home to find Lily in the middle of packing, thus kicking off a massive row with Ryan over manipulating their daughter. Ryan turned nasty as he brought up Stacey's recent prison stint and Jean's mental health struggles as reasons to get Lily away.

"No wonder she ended up pregnant," Ryan sneered.

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When Lily overheard the argument, she leapt to her mother's defence by ordering Ryan to "get out". Lily insisted that Stacey had been "the best mum anyone can ask for" even after finding out about the baby.

"If you think I'm still going to Wakefield with you, you can do one," she told her dad.

In the process of the Slaters kicking Ryan out of the house, Whitney arrived and found out what her brother was trying to do.

Ryan quickly turned on Whitney too when she said she regretted bringing him back to Walford, as he barked at her to worry about her own problems.

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Before he left, Ryan angrily warned Stacey: "Let's see how you feel when I cut down my child maintenance to a minimum then!"

Stacey called after Ryan, insisting he couldn't reduce those payments. Ryan simply walked off in a huff, having left Lily and the Slaters in more of a shambles than when he arrived.

EastEnders airs on Mondays - Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer.

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