Episode 8605 ( 29th March 2015 ) Plot . Sean and Billy make arrangements for the Rovers to be decorated for the butler auction but neither Liz nor Michelle are impressed with the list of Kevin , Tyrone , Kal , Sharif and Sean himself as the men to bid for . Steve isn ' t happy to hear Michelle talking about a long engagement . Nick prepares to drive Bethany to the airport but she isn ' t happy about having to leave . Tim suspects Faye and Craig are up to something . Craig tells her that he ' ll agree to the baby being born in the flat on one condition . Steve broods over Michelle , worrying that she doesn ’ t really want to marry him . A reluctant David takes Max for a kick - about with Callum . Determined to miss the flight , Bethany throws away Nick ' s car keys and runs off . A small stage is built in the Rovers for the auction . Michelle says there ’ s no rush to buy an engagement ring and Steve ' s doubts multiply . Tony asks Liz to keep quiet about the tax bill assistance . Steve tells Michelle he can ' t understand why she wants to marry him and he loves her too much to let her be saddled with a loser like him . Convinced his illness makes him a burden to her , he calls off the engagement . Craig wants to do a rehearsal run for the baby ' s birth , taking the child to hospital afterwards . They use a bag of potatoes in a bag to stand in for a baby . Andrea comforts Michelle and tells her to go out and grab what she wants in life . David is riled by Callum during the kick - about . Tracy is upset to hear that a large cash converters is opening on Tile Street . Todd mischievously informs Tracy that Tony ’ s sold Jason ’ s house . Todd finds Bethany hiding in Barlow ' s Buys and hands her over to Nick . She defiantly insists he cannot force her to board a plane . Steve can ' t be found . Max wants to go for a pizza with Callum but David refuses . Leanne sees Steve in the park and finds out from him that the engagement ' s off . Craig ' s bag is snatched off him as he waits for a bus by two thugs and is dropped in the gutter . Tracy gets dolled up and gives Todd the rest of the day off . Leanne listens to Steve ' s explanations about the engagement . She tells him not to do anything that he ' ll regret for the rest of his life . Emily asks Sean to keep his hosting of the auction clean . Lloyd hears from Steve . Michelle decides to take charge of the situation and asks for Liz and Andrea ' s help . Craig tells Faye they need a new plan . Gail phones to tell a furious Sarah that Bethany missed her flight . Michelle prepares the Rovers ' back room with candles , determined to marry Steve . Tracy gets dolled up and summons Tony to the closed shop where she seduces him . Emily gets upset at some of the language in the bar in front of her church friends . The auction begins with Kal and Sharif first up with Yasmeen bidding £100 for them by phone as she has a long list of jobs she needs doing round the house . Post - coital Tracy drops hints to Tony about expanding the business . He sees right through her but tells her he ' ll think about it . Arranged by Michelle , Lloyd forces Steve back to the Rovers . One of Emily ' s friends , Maggie , wins Kevin and another , Celia , wins Tyrone . Sophie is ill and has to drop out of being up for auction and , at Jenny ' s stirring suggestion , Sally is forced to take her place with Norris , Gail and Jenny bidding for her , all with the intention of making her do all their housework for them . Stung by comments made by Emily that he ' s tight - fisted , Norris bids £100 and wins . Steve returns to the pub and goes into the back room to see it filled with candles . He thinks Tony ' s done it and tears into him in the bar . Michelle summons Steve on to the stage where she tells him how much she loves him in front of the regulars . She goes down on one knee and formally proposes to him . Everyone cheers as he accepts .