Ellie has got it all - great looks, bucket loads of confidence, her own business and a gorgeous solicitor boyfriend, Nick. But she wants a sense of permanancy and to know there's a future to their relationship. However, she's convinced that Nick is too frightened of commitment to pop the question. So, with her friend and PA Michael as a willing accomplice, Ellie hatches an elaborate scheme to get Nick down the aisle. She tries making Nick jealous, by flirting with Peter, and refusing to take his calls. When that fails she takes a huge gamble and books a church for the wedding. To trap Nick into proposing, all she has to do is make him believe he's about to lose her for good, so she concocts a story about a business deal in Paris that will take her out of the UK for three months. When Nick hears the message, he's furious she hasn't told him of the trip before.