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test the waters, I sent her an email telling her I’d like to see her. I offered to fly down to Texas if she would just agree to meet with me. When ten minutes went by without a response, I sent her a text message saying the same thing.
    She ignored both, and I realized I was going to need reinforcements.
    I wasn’t sure if Sophie’s best friend Sydney would be on my team or not, but I knew I’d be able to count on her mother Bunny. There was no way the society doyenne would approve of her daughter giving birth to her grandchild out of wedlock. And as superficial as it might be, Bunny was impressed that I’d won an Academy Award. She’d kill to be able to tell her friends that her daughter married an Oscar-winning composer. And at this point I wasn’t above exploiting any advantage I could get.
    But having Bunny in my corner might backfire with Sophie. She and her mother had such differing views on most things that I decided to keep Bunny in my back pocket in case I needed some big guns. Certainly I could get her to back me up if I needed it.
    Bunny wasn’t the only member of Sophie’s family I needed on my side. The Davenports were a wealthy, important family in Texas. Tradition held a significant amount of weight with them. If I was going to do things right, I’d need Sophie’s father’s blessing before I asked her for her hand in marriage. They were a traditional family in that way. Since we were already mucking things up in the Davenport’s eyes by getting pregnant before marriage, the least I could do to prevent further issues with my future in-laws was carry out the proposal in the proper order.
    I scrambled myself an egg, and tried to remain positive.
    Sophie would get back to me. My seed was growing inside of her. She’d call me.
    Only she didn’t call me back. She didn’t text, or return my email either. I had to take some deep breaths, but I was determined not to let this deter me. She was simply going to require some convincing.
    Which was fine. Understandable even.
    When Kate knocked on my door an hour later, I was online booking my airline ticket to Fort Worth for the upcoming weekend. “Come in!”
    Kate let herself in. “Hey, boss, what are you doing?” Kate was currently staying with her family in Oregon, so when I asked her to come up, it was only a few hours drive. Kate was young, tech savvy, and usually she could do her job from anywhere. But today I needed her help in person.
    “Just booking my plane ticket.”
    “Oh? Where you going?”
    I smiled. “Fort Worth.”
    “That’s where your girlfriend lives, right—the pregnant one?”
    “Technically she’s my ex-girlfriend, but she’s about to be my fiancée, so yeah. Same difference.”
    Kate looked alarmed. “What do you mean? You haven’t brought her around yet?”
    “Difficult to do when she won’t return my texts. Or my calls. Or anything.”
    Kate let her backpack slide to the floor, and she scrunched up her eyebrows. “You’re not stalking this girl, are you Quentin?”
    “What are you talking about? I’m planning to propose to her. That’s why you’re here. I need you to help me pick out a ring.”
    “Okaaaay.” She didn’t look convinced.
    I drove. It took almost an hour to get to the jewelry store Kate had scoped out for me. It was off the beaten path, but as Kate pointed out, there was no reason to go to the most expensive store in Seattle when you could find beautifully handcrafted jewelry from a local craftsman who didn’t have to pay the expensive overhead and who had rings that were just as nice. She had compared the quality of diamonds available at a variety of stores and at what prices. I was impressed that she’d found the highest quality at the best price. There was no reason to give a chain store extra money just because they required a bigger marketing budget.
    The minute we walked through the door I knew we were in the right place. The decor was upscale, but the atmosphere was comfortable. I