Amber Kalirai Amber Kalirai is the daughter of Dev Alahan , born through an affair that he had with one of his shop workers . She first arrived on 9th November 2005 , when her mum Ravinder was taken into hospital and she was looked after by Sunita and her dad Dev on the Street . Amber started helping out in the Corner Shop but her incessant chat wound up Dev . Initially Dev did not want Amber in his life as he was married to Sunita at the time and she served as a reminder of his philandering ways . However , he warmed to her and she came to live with him after her Ravinder moved to Finland with her partner . She had a crush on fellow neighbour David Platt but he was initially unaware of her feelings . When he did confront her , she denied it . In early 2008 , Amber began working at Valandro ' s restaurant with Leanne Battersby , Paul Clayton and Luigi until it was set alight by Paul . Dev then claimed that he did not want her anywhere near Paul . Amber had an infatuation with David after he tried to make his ex - girlfriend Tina McIntyre jealous , first by letting Amber use one of his gig tickets which Tina had refused . On 27th August 2008 , David invited Amber around to his house for lunch in a deliberate attempt to annoy Tina . Amber , unaware that she was being used , kissed a less than enthusiastic David . Unable to contain her anger any longer , Tina stormed around to the house demanding to know why David was playing these games , this interruption left Amber humiliated . In 2009 , she broke off with her boyfriend Darryl Morton after finding out he was going to leave her after her father Dev paid him , although he changed his mind . She left Weatherfield for university in London . After some time away , Amber returned in July 2011 and was happy to find out that Dev and ex - wife Sunita were back together . She moved back in with them . Amber made good friends with Sophie Webster upon her return , and on a drunken night out , Amber kissed Sophie to avoid some unwanted attention . Amber ' s flighty ways caused Sophie to misconstrue the situation and despite being engaged to her girlfriend Sian Powers , Sophie developed feelings for Amber . Amber never reciprocated , and tried to ignore how Sophie felt , taking her up on an offer to be her bridesmaid . Meanwhile Sophie had confided in Amber ' s stepmother Sunita that she loved Amber but that she was rejected . As Sophie and Sian ' s wedding drew nearer , Sunita feared that Sophie was making a mistake ignoring her true feelings , and that it wasn ' t fair to Sian to go through with it . At the last minute , Sunita felt compelled to inform Kevin Webster in an attempt to encourage him to talk Sophie out of the wedding . Out of options , Kevin stopped the ceremony mid - service and Sophie couldn ' t deny that she was in love with Amber . Heartbroken , Sian left the service and took a taxi out of Weatherfield alone . In March 2012 , Amber planned to go to a house party but her plans were curtailed when Dev asked her to babysit Aadi and Asha Alahan while he and Sunita went out to dinner for the night . Feeling pressured , Amber reluctantly agreed , but when Dev and Sunita returned they found that Amber had instead decided to bring the party to her . Upon finding the twins out of bed , furious Sunita said she ' d never forgive Amber and her actions caused a rift between Dev and Sunita , who chastised her husband for constantly defending Amber . Fed up of Sunita raining on her parade , Amber vowed to leave the Street . Despite protests from Dev , the next day they shared a tearful goodbye as Amber drove away back to London . Quotes . " This shirt is well embarrassing . . . hiya ! " ( First line , to father Dev ) " I will . Good luck with Sunita . " ( Final line , to Dev )