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This post contains spoilers from Tuesday’s finale ofBachelor in Paradise.
Celebrity jewelry designerNeil Laneis sharing his ring design details from the twoBachelor in Paradiseseason 8 finale proposals, one of which has already ended.
ForBrandon JonesandSerene Russell’s big moment, Serene said “yes” after Brandon popped the question with Lane’s 18k rose gold diamond ring, whileJohnny DePhillipofavored a platinum and oval-cut diamond ring forVictoria Fuller.
“From the moment they met on the beach, their connection was undeniable,” Lane says of theBiPpair, “and this ring was the undeniable choice for the couple to begin their love story.”
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Lane admits he was “skeptical” after seeing Brandon, 28, so soon after sitting down withThe Bacheloretteseason 18 runner-up(when he was in love withMichelle Young) but said after speaking with him, “he felt his sincerity,” saying his “honesty was convincing” about his latest journey to find love.
How Brandon described the “chemistry and connection” with his future bride was “as if it was love at first sight,” the famed jewelry designer shares. “Brandon picked this ring because of its sophisticated elegance and that’s the way he views Serene.”
Before getting down on one knee, Brandon made the love he felt even more transparent before his romantic proposal. “Serene, I love you and I will love you until the end of time,” he said on Tuesday’s finale. “I will love you until my last breath and I want to start forever with you and that starts with making you my forever. Serene Brooke Russell, will you make me the happiest man to walk this earth? Will you marry me?”
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“We are really excited for wedding planning,” Serene, 27, told PEOPLE exclusively.
“As of right now, me and Victoria are not engaged,” Johnny, 26, said on the reunion show Tuesday night, admitting that the breakup hurt him. “I want to say I’m good, but it really does break my heart that she’s not sitting her next to me as my fiancée right now,” he said.
On the finale’s engagement day, Victoria arrived in a green gown and gushed to Johnny about finding her best friend in him. “I literally can’t even imagine life without you at this point,” she said. “You really have become overnight my best friend.”
Johnny said he felt the same way. “God has decided to bless me with something as special as you,” he told Victoria. “And I don’t know what I did to deserve this, but I feel like it’s fate, in a way. I’ve never felt this way about anyone in my entire life ever.”
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On the reunion, following the rejection, Johnny explained that he “started to feel not good enough for her and then we started arguing and fights like that and rumors started circulating,” referring to online buzz that Victoria, 29, started datingGreg GrippofromKatie Thurston’s season ofThe Bachelorette. “And I really wanted to trust her, but I don’t know.”
When Victoria came out to the stage, she said she felt her relationship with Johnny hit “a lot of ups and downs” when they left Paradise.
“When we were onParadise, things were rainbows and butterflies for us and unfortunately, when we got out into the real world, there was a lot of concerns,” she said. “We had a lot of ups and downs. And I expressed to him that I wasn’t happy and I was not going to be engaged if I was not happy to be married. From the very beginning, I was very straightforward to him; three weeks out, this wasn’t working for me. I knew at that point, we were not going to be engaged.”
source: people.com
