Eva Price Eva Price is the daughter of Stella Price and the half - sister of Leanne Battersby . She turned up at the Rovers to inform her mother that her fiancé had been cheating on her . In July 2011 , Eva suspected her mother was having an affair with Peter Barlow , however this turned out to be false as Stella revealed that she was Leanne ' s birth mother . Weeks later , Eva began working at Nick ' s Bistro . When Cheryl Gray , the bar manager , left the Street , Eva got promoted to bar manager . Soon after that when the wine was running out at the bistro , Eva recommended a wine seller to Nick Tilsley , who scammed them out of the wine they ordered and then shut down . Nick and Eva got into the warehouse and took the wine that was theirs without although they almost got caught . Eva went on a date with Jason Grimshaw at the bistro to make ex - boyfriend Nick jealous , which ended badly . As well as this , Eva also became good friends with Nick ' s half - sister - in - law , Kylie . She began dating Underworld boss Rob Donovan in 2012 , until he cheated on her with a waitress at a hotel in Sheffield where he ' d attended a business meeting with client Sid Altree alongside Michelle Connor . Eva and Michelle ' s partner Steve McDonald were suspicious that Rob and Michelle were seeing each other which was when Eva found out that Rob was with another girl , rather than Michelle . In early 2013 , she befriended Eric Babbage - grandmother Gloria ' s fiancé - and found out that he wasn ' t interested in Gloria after all as he believed she was with him for his money . Eric vowed to go travelling with Eva leaving her reeling as he was due to marry Gloria . Fed - up with Stella ' s sniping and Gloria ' s overbearing ways , she decided that accepting Eric ' s offer might have been an option , but Stella thought it was a crazy idea . Eva was devastated when Eric died in the pub and eventually told Gloria of Eric ' s intentions . After Karl Munro was found out to be an arsonist and murderer , Eva became fond of Jason and they began seeing each other , keeping the relationship secret from her mother because of Jason and Stella ' s past . Eva vowed to stop their relationship , but Stella was fine with it , although Gloria was skeptical . Leanne confronted Eva at Underworld when Leanne thought she was seeing Nick . She soon became the PA to Carla Connor at the factory when she impressed Peter Barlow with her computer skills . In September 2013 , Eva spent the night at No . 11 with Jason . He wanted to start seeing her but she was initially hesitant since Jason was her mother ' s ex - boyfriend . Stella caught them kissing in the Rovers ' back room and put on a brave face , but soon mentioned to Gloria and Eva of her plans to sell the pub . In 2014 , with both Stella and Gloria moving away from Weatherfield to pastures new , Stella arranged with Dev Alahan for Eva , Leanne and her stepson Simon Barlow to rent 18a Victoria Street . Eva and Jason split up in February 2015 when he suspected she was having an affair with his father Tony Stewart , when in reality she was looking for a house for she and Jason to live in with Tony ' s help . She left Weatherfield to join her grandmother Gloria in France . In June , Jason discovered that his own brother Todd manipulated the affair in a revenge act against his family . That same month Leanne and Simon went to visit Eva and Gloria . When she returned she revealed to Jason that Eva had found someone else and was engaged . However she returned in September after discovering that her fiancé was cheating on her and moved back in with Leanne . Later on that day , Eva took out her frustrations on Todd in the Rovers by throwing a drink over him - being the cause of her split with Jason . Upon coming back to Weatherfield , Eva had been hoping to get her old job as Underworld receptionist back , only to find she ' d been replaced by Alya Nazir , who was " more industrious " than her . A fuming Eva ultimately settled to becoming a machinist in the factory . Early in 2016 , Eva became attracted to new Underworld boss Aidan Connor and they began to form a relationship . Around the same time , Eva also started a friendship with the local vicar Billy Mayhew , and together with him and Aidan , Eva helped uncover a huge secret held by Underworld clients Richie and Julia O ' Driscoll - their secret being that they were employing Marta Zarek as a modern - day slave to keep house for them . The operation almost resulted in Eva , Aidan and Billy being prosecuted , but the O ' Driscolls were eventually caught out and imprisoned , with Marta eventually being able to return to her native Poland , but not before thanking Eva , Aidan and Billy for all their help . In July , Eva was devastated when Kylie was stabbed to death by Clayton Hibbs , a thug who she once knew . Kylie ' s old acquaintance Gemma Winter blamed herself for what happened , as Kylie was rushing to help her . However , Eva noticed that Gemma had made an effort to distinguish herself from her grimy roots , and told her that Kylie would be proud of her and would never have blamed her for what happened . In October , Eva and Aidan came to Maria Connor ' s rescue when she gained a stalker in the form of her temporary flatmate Caz Hammond , who had been engaged to Aidan ' s sister Kate . The situation took a dark twist when Maria ' s flat appeared to have been trashed , with " blood " strewn on the wall . This led the residents of the street to believe that Maria had murdered Caz , despite many others , including Eva , Aidan , and even Tyrone Dobbs , knowing that she ' d never do something like that . Maria was arrested after new evidence emerged in the form of bloodied scissors found by Aidan ' s dad Johnny . As well as this , Eva and Aidan found out that , while she was staying with family in Cyprus , Maria had married an Argentinian man named Pablo Duarte in order to get him a visa in the UK so he could be with his boyfriend . Eva and Aidan endeavoured to get Maria ' s name cleared of Caz ' s murder , by trying to prove that she wasn ' t dead . Aidan managed to find Caz in December , resulting in Maria being released from police custody . During Maria ' s absence , Eva had bonded with her son Liam . Relationships . Eva has dated Rob Donovan , Nick Tilsley and Jason Grimshaw . After leaving Jason she got engaged to another man while staying in France , however she left him after discovering he was having an affair . She is currently dating factory boss Aidan Connor . Quotes . " Mum . I ' ve left him mum . " ( First line ) " I don ' t know why you have to put up with her . . . SHE is such a rude cow ! " ( to Todd Grimshaw about Tracy Barlow ) " Get what ? Two lovely kiddies and a fella that loves you to death and you ' d rather be in this dump doing that ? " ( to Kylie Platt about being addicted to drugs )