"You did WHAT?!" Maya's voice echoed through the cottage kitchen so loudly that I had to pull the phone away from my ear. I looked at Victor, who was sitting beside me on the sofa, and immediately burst into laughter. "You heard me," I replied. There was a brief silence. Then Maya gasped dramatically. "You got engaged without me?" I closed my eyes. Here we go. "Lara Voss, I have colour palettes to choose! Guest lists to argue about! A dress to find! Flowers to approve! And you thought you could just get engaged without informing me?" Victor covered his mouth, trying to hide his laughter. "Maya, we only got engaged yesterday," I explained. "Yesterday? And you are just telling me now?" "I was going to call you." "Going to call me? You should have called me before he even brough

