the victoria sponge cake. he gets that cake he gets told that he’s lost a parent. none of his siblings thought about him when they heard their father was dying. they didnt even think of him. and if he didnt get married that day he worried willa might run out on him. he wanted to keep the wedding on so that he could bind willa in their marriage before she could change her mind. and his dad died and his siblings couldnt care less about telling him and treating him like an equal and so he clings onto the last person he has and they get married on that day.