It was Roxanne and Serena who finally made Bianca change her mind. The two young women had turned up at Bianca’s apartment to take her along with them as they picked out the wedding dresses for themselves.

Bianca was holding her son on her hip, chucking his plump chins as her friends entered.

Roxanne flew across to scoop the plump fellow in her arms, giggling as he began to chant something in his baby gibberish.

“Your little girlfriend is asleep at home,” she giggled and Bianca dimpled. It was now becoming a standing joke; Cian’s enthusiasm when he saw baby Eve was something out of the ordinary. As for Eve,...