Well, she didn't need him. She could do this on her own. Lots of people were doing it, why couldn't she? She had gone home and told her father and brothers about it, and while they were all happy about the news, they all wanted to know if Julian was going to take responsibility for the baby, to which she'd assured them that he would, she didn't think it would be a good idea to tell them exactly how it had gone down between her and Julian.

Her father had even asked when she and Julian were getting married and he'd been furious when she told him that there wasn't...