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As time inParadisedraws to a close, the remaining couples must decide where their relationships stand.
“I’m probably most well known for being@roberthunter89on the social interwebs,” Hayes, 29, tells the camera before walking onto the beach with a date card.
Despite his confidence, the women ofParadiseare not exactly clamoring to date Hayes after heallegedly cheatedon Stanton andshared her private messageson Twitter.
Hayes pulls Jenna Cooper,Shushanna MkrtychyanandKrystal Neilsonto figure out who he wants to take out. The Florida native decides he’d like to go out with Cooper, 29, but her boyfriendJordan Kimballwon’t stand for that, especially after their successful engagement photo shoot date.
So Mkrtychyan sits Hayes down and asks him point blank if he was unfaithful to Stanton, 28. He replies with adamant “no,” adding, “I’d like to think that that’s in my past” — though he admits he’s been unfaithful in general.
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Mkrtychyan ends up giving Hayes her rose during the final rose ceremony, but when the remaining couples are faced with either heading to the fantasy suites or going home, the new pair decide to pick things up back in the United States.
“I don’t think in 48 hours that our relationship is there,” Hayes tells her. “But we’ll hang out when I’m in Utah. We can grab dinner, or I can take you on a date.”
Before the rose ceremony,Joe AmabileandKendall Longhave a serious conversation about the future of their relationship. Long, 26, expresses concerns over getting engaged so quickly after he cracks a joke about proposing.
“I don’t know what kind of love it is and I don’t know if it’s in love,” she tells the Chicago grocery store owner.
Amabile reminds Long that he hasn’t gone out on dates with or kissed anyone else, and has patiently waited while she went out with and smooched other guys. “I’ve been falling in love with you since day 2,” he says.
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Once he realizes the taxidermy lover isn’t on the same page, Amabile decides to go home, leaving Long crying in a cabana.
“I just don’t even think I said enough,” she wails.
In the van ride home, Amabile, 32, laments, “I guess we were friends. I thought we had something way stronger than that.
Long admits, “My heart breaks imagining not being with him,” and departsParadiseas well.
Though Goethals givesJohn Grahamher rose, sending Diggy Moreland packing, the two decide they’re not ready to take their relationship to the fantasy suite and leaveParadisetogether to work on the things in the real world.
Jordan Mauger snags Ferguson’s rose, but they too realize they haven’t had enough time to make it work (they just shared their first kiss during Monday’s episode), and with him living in New Zealand and her in the States, they part ways.
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Everlasting Love?
That leaves Cooper and Kimball, Nielson andChris Randone, Astrid Loch andKevin Wendtand Annaliese Puccini and Kamil Nicalek going into overnight dates.
But seeing seemingly solid couple Amabile and Long’s split gives Wendt doubts.
“I think you are the brightest star I have ever met in so many ways, but something is missing,” the Canadian firefighter tells Loch, expressing that he’s only “80 percent” into their relationship.
After listening to Wendt’s worries, Loch asks, “Are you breaking up with me?”
“I’m sorry,” he responds, ending yet anotherParadiserelationship.
Understandably, Loch, 28 feels blindsided. “The one thing I asked you do to was not to blindside me,” she tells Wendt. “Not to do this in the end.”
Loch chooses to end her time inParadiseand leaves Wendt sobbing, “Don’t leave me like this”, as she walks away.
With three couples heading into thefantasy suites— and all three duos discussing engagement plans — there might still be hope for a few happy endings.
“Engagement is a little scary for me because what was role modeled to me is that I couldn’t rely that someone could be there,” Nielson confesses to Randone. “And it’s scary for me to look forward. But I think what’s even scarier is if I don’t let those guards down with you, I could risk losing you. And that’s not a risk I’m willing to take.”
TheBachelor in Paradiseseason 5 finale airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
source: people.com
