Is Corrie's Nick to blame for Natasha's downfall?

We've seen Natasha stride off the cobbles in a traditional black cab. Nick watched her go but didn't try to stop her. I felt a bit sorry for her and cheered when she confronted Gail but earlier in the show, I did a double take. She laid into Leanne and accused her of being a cow to her for the past few months and I thought "Excuse me???" Wasn't it Natasha that threw Leanne's prostitute past back in her face so that Nick would find out? She did it out of pure jealousy because she found out Nick and Leanne had been married in the past and looked quite friendly now.

Something that Nick had never bothered to tell her. Nick had also been leading on Natasha, in my opinion. He tried to lure Leanne away from Peter and she wasn't having it or him so he made do with Natasha. She probably knew it down deep but was over awed with his attention and fell madly in love. I don't really see how it could have been true love since he never really did anything to encourage it unless sex were involved (posh hotel nights, that sort of thing) and he resisted all of her attempts at committment for months, only moving in with her once he thought there was a baby on the way.

In fact, he even broke off with her when she tried to force the issue about moving in and only came running back when he had a chance to think about the baby which he initially rejected harshly.

But you know, if Natasha hadn't been so infatuated so as to ignore all the blatantly obvious signs that he just wasn't that into her, she might not have got pregnant, suffered rejection, had the termination and then lied about the baby leading to her discovery and suicide attempt. I'm not saying Nick shouldn't take on some of the blame but it's only a small part of it. Every chance he got he still went running back to Leanne and that had to hurt Natasha but it should also have told her how he really felt. Again, down deep I think she knew. I do believe that there are old hurts and unfinished business between Nick and Leanne but I also think she really does love Peter no matter that she may have looked at Nick on occasion with a bit of longing.

Natasha really did bring on most of her bad luck herself, out of desperation to be with Nick who was only excited about the baby, maybe more to make up for insisting Leanne have an abortion all those years ago. My conclusion? Natasha is her own worst enemy and should shoulder most of the blame this time around. And it pains me to say that because I really dislike Nick!