Mel Owens has discovered love once more.

The second-ever Golden Bachelor gave 62-year-old retired firefighter and bomb tech Peg a promise ring on the finish of Wednesday evening’s emotional finale.

“I trusted you and also you trusted me and also you instructed me you had confidence in me that I’d make the best alternative and right here you’re,” Mel instructed Peg on the seashore in Antigua. “I’ve one thing. I’ve a hoop and this represents our dedication to like to provide time to determine collectively what our future holds. What do you suppose?”

“I agree,” Peg replied. “I feel it might be completely fantastic, we’re simply utterly on the identical web page about that.”

The couple appeared for the primary time collectively on the After the Closing Rose ceremony, the place they revealed that their relationship has solely gotten stronger within the months for the reason that cameras stopped rolling. Nonetheless, Mel hasn't gotten down on one knee simply but.

“Properly, you understand what’s good? Being 60 and going via life, you get to jot down your personal love story. And we’re on the identical web page,” Peg mentioned. “That’s a love story that we get to jot down the best way we need to do it, and to proceed to develop our love, proceed to spend time with our households.”

She continued, “That’s the great factor about being in your 60s and in your golden years is with the ability to do what you need to do with that connection you could have with anyone.”

Nonetheless, Mel and Peg additionally confirmed that they're each in love with one another. "I'm in love with him, 100%," she added.

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Mel gave Peg the promise ring after his different love curiosity, Cindy, departed Antigua following a tense dialog about their future as a pair that started within the earlier episode. On the time, Mel was unable to supply Cindy with any concrete solutions about their relationship — or if he even needed to get engaged in the long run.

Their dialog carried over into the finale, with Mel admitting that he didn't plan on getting married to anybody till at the very least two years from now. The confession took Cindy abruptly. She famous that she wanted that stage of dedication from him moderately than simply having to attend and see if their relationship would finish in a visit down the aisle.

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“I’m simply sick to my abdomen. It’s simply arduous. I used to be so hopeful," Cindy mentioned as she wiped away tears. "It hurts actually unhealthy. From day one, I instructed everybody that’s my man. I nonetheless suppose we might be an important match, however tonight is simply actually unhappy. I had hoped this was it, he was the one. I’m so disenchanted.”

Mel was "shocked" by Cindy's self-elimination.

"The date with Cindy, it was excellent. I got here in tonight pondering there’s a future, however she give up," he mentioned. "I don’t have that alternative — she’s gone. I don’t know what I’m gonna do.”

Cindy later confirmed in a sit-down interview with Golden Bachelor host Jesse Palmer that Mel didn’t attempt to discuss to her once more after she left their date. Though, she famous, she didn't need him to chase after her.

“My determination was made and I had the knowledge that I wanted," she instructed the host. "Mel was not in it for a relationship in the best way that I used to be. And that’s positive — all people deserves to have the love that they need. I needed one thing completely different.”

Mel later sat down with Cindy to debate her departure on the finale, with Mel repeatedly claiming that Cindy left earlier than they may have a correct dialog about their relationship within the Fantasy Suite. Nonetheless, Cindy famous that she’d heard every part that she wanted to listen to on their date.

She even revealed that she’d instructed Mel that she’d be inquisitive about transferring to California so as to begin a life collectively. “I didn’t curiosity me, although,” he replied.

The Golden Bachelor finale shall be out there to stream tomorrow on Hulu.

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