Hollyoaks viewers are convinced that Verity Hutchinson (Eva O'Hara) will cheat on her partner Sami Maaik (Rishi Nair) with his cousin Shaq Qureshi (Omar Malik)

Newcomer Shaq went job hunting in recent scenes of the Channel 4 soap and asked Sami if he had any opportunities going.

During Wednesday's first-look episode, Lawyer Verity betted boyfriend Sami that Shaq can't hand an important document into court without messing it up and he took her up on the bet.

A gutted Shaq overheard Sami betting Verity that he can't do a real job, and even joked that he can't spell his own name.

Verity and Sami later caught up with Shaq and Sami apologised to his cousin for his nasty comments.

Shaq later told Sami that he was lucky to have Verity and eagled-eyed fans witnessed a spark between the unlikely pair.

Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: "There’s defo chemistry between Verity and Shaq."

A second person posted: "Please don’t make Verity and Shaq have an affair."

While a third social media user wrote: "The looks between shaq and verity I’m concerned."

Another added: "Did Shaq and Verity just have a moment then?"

Hollyoaks spoilers have revealed that Shaq will be at the centre of a major paternity storyline in the near future.

A teaser trailer for the upcoming scenes released in May showed Shaq saying: "It's just this horrible, constant feeling in the pit of my stomach – who's my dad?"

Shaq will open up to Verity, telling her that he recently discovered that his dad wasn't his real father.

He discusses what really happened the day before his wedding, which led to him turning up in the village.

Verity advises him to speak to his aunt Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) about his paternity woes but who is Shaq's real dad?

Things turned tense between the Maalik family at the end of the latest episode as Sami found out that Misbah had sold the family home to dodgy Fergus Collins (Robert Beck).

The NHS worker previously handed over the property in order to help out Sami with his debts.

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Misbah's decision has since left fans wondering if she could be Shaq's real mum and not auntie.

One viewer tweeted: "Suppose Misbah is Shaq’s real mum?"

A second person wrote: ""I’ve got a sneaky feeling Misbah is Shaq’s mum."

Someone else posted: ""Gonna come out that Shaq is Misbah’s secret son soon isn’t it."

Hollyoaks airs weekdays on Channel 4 at 6.30pm followed by a first-look episode on E4 at 7pm

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