‘Home and Away’ spoilers for Oct. 20: Billie's heartbreaking decision may alter her and VJ's future; Matt professes his feelings for Evie

Two contrasting pictures of a love story play centre stage on the upcoming episode of “Home and Away.” On Thursday, VJ Patterson (Matthew Little) gets absolutely devastated when Billie Ashford (Tessa De Josselin) turns down his marriage proposal. Billie’s decision to reject VJ’s life-changing offer just may ruin their relationship for good.

Meanwhile, Evelyn “Evie” MacGuire (Philippa Northeast) tries to take Matt Page’s (Alec Snow) mind off from pursuing a possible romance with her. However, Matt refuses to back down and makes a bold move to do the exact opposite. The Oct. 20 episode also features other “Home and Away” cast members including Nate Cooper (Kyle Pryor), Phoebe Nicholson (Isabella Giovinazzo), Olivia Richards (Raechelle Banno), Hunter King (Scott Lee), Alf Stewart (Ray Meagher), Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker), Duncan Stewart (Benedict Wall), Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou) and Zac Macguire (Charlie Clausen).

“Home and Away” stars Katarina Chapman (Pia Miller), Martin “Ash” Ashford (George Mason), Tori Morgan (Penny McNamee), Justin Morgan (James Stewart), Brody Morgan (Jackson Heywood), Mason Morgan (Orpheus Pledger), John Palmer (Shane Withington), Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons), Irene Roberts (Lynne McGranger), as well as recurring guest stars Caroline Stewart (Nicole Shostak) and Raffy Morrison (Olivia Deeble).

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Back to the Bay reports that on Thursday’s run, Duncan gears up to say goodbye to Caroline and Bryce and plans to leave the bay. Meanwhile, Billie's rejection may result to irreparable damages. Elsewhere, Evie and Matt are undeniably attracted to each other, but she chooses to set him up for a blind date that ends in disaster.

Seven Network posted a sneak peek of the upcoming episode. In the trailer, a devastated VJ says that he expected Billie to say yes. Later, Nate tells Billie that she made the right decision. “You cannot walk down the aisle with a lie hanging over your head,” Nate says. “It would make things a hundred times worse.”

Meanwhile, Evie rants to Phoebe, saying that she wants to things to get normal again with Matt. Phoebe tells her that it’s going to be difficult, until he has moved on. Evie decides to set up Matt with another girl, who ends up encouraging him to go for Evie. Matt shows up at Evie’s door and when she asks what he wants, Matt replies, “You.”

“Home and Away” recap

On Wednesday, Leah arranged for a birthday breakfast for VJ, who turned 18. However, it seemed that he forgot, upsetting his mum. Meanwhile, Billie also arranged a surprise with Olivia and Hunter. However, it seemed that VJ’s the one with the biggest surprise of all – he planned to propose to Billie that night.

As Billie was busy preparing for VJ’s birthday dinner, Leah told her that she invited Irene, making Billie worried. Worse, Leah also thought of bringing along Nate, but Billie was able to convince her that the event was for family only. At the party, Leah observed that Billie’s treating Irene coldly, but she has no idea why. Billie delivered a touching speech for VJ, telling him that she can’t imagine life without him.

After the party, VJ took Billie at the back of their house with her eyes closed. VJ then asked her to open her eyes and saw a string of lights spelling, “Will you marry me?” VJ dropped down to one knee, brandished a ring and popped the question. Billie was left speechless.

Meanwhile, Brody revealed to Tori and Justin that Raffy is their half-sister. Mason arrived and the others filled him in about the recent events. Justin didn’t buy it, considering how Decker lied to them before. Justin ignored the signs, such as Raffy’s necklace which seemed to belong to their mum’s. Tori and Brody did some investigation to convince Justin, and found a medical record that she did give birth to Raffy. Tori wanted them to undergo a DNA test to further confirm that Raffy’s their half-sister.

Find out what happens next on “Home and Away,” which airs Monday to Thursday at 7pm on Seven Network in Australia. In the UK, “Home and Away” airs during weekdays at 1.15pm and 6pm on Channel 5.