Bachelor in Paradise couple Kira Mengistu and Romeo Alexander have called it quits on their relationship.
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Kira took to her Instagram Stories on Friday, December 16 and wrote, "Romeo and I have gone our separate ways."
"Sometimes you shouldn't give people a second chance to disappoint you," she added.
Bachelor in Paradise's reunion filmed on November 4, and at that time, Kira and Romeo were still together and going strong.
Kira and Romeo were part of a love triangle with Jill Chin at the beginning of Bachelor in Paradise's latest season, which filmed in Mexico in June.
When Romeo stepped foot onto the beach, he said, "It's been so long since I've seen her, but I still think there is something there between me and Jill. But I am afraid Kira will be here. As long as she doesn't get in the way of me and Jill, [it should be fine]."
Once Kira arrived in Paradise, she assumed that Romeo was going to be her man, which erupted an argument between the two women.
Jill claimed on the show that Kira "always goes after guys" that she likes, and she called the physician an annoying "b-tch."
Jill previously said on the "Click Bait with Bachelor Nation" podcast that she had met Romeo for the first time while she and Kira -- who were friends running in the same New York City social scene -- were hanging out in New York together.
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But Kira had already met Romeo years earlier during their college days at Harvard University in Boston, MA.
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELOR' FRANCHISE COUPLES NOWKira claimed on the "Talking It Out with Bachelor Nation" podcast in early October, "Jill and him were texting a lot and talking a lot, and she denied that she liked him. I explicitly asked her if she was into Romeo, and she said, 'No, definitely not.'"
Kira therefore went on a date with Romeo around Halloween in 2021, according to Jill, and the couple met with Jill that same night at a club. Romeo allegedly hit it off with Jill and actually told Kira that he was more romantically interested in Jill.
Jill said the women talked it out and determined that they weren't going to let a guy come between them.
However, Kira said she and Romeo made out that night, thinking Jill had no interest in him. But Kira allegedly didn't tell Jill about the kiss -- Romeo did, a while after -- and so Jill felt lied to and betrayed by her close friend.
Jill told Us Weekly that Kira later apologized for her secret kiss with Romeo and the women squashed their beef before appearing on Bachelor in Paradise's eighth season.
But then Romeo's appearance in Paradise apparently brought old feelings back for both ladies. They got into a huge argument one day on the beach.
Jill told Us in October that she and Kira ultimately agreed to keep their distance from each other on the show because they weren't in a "healthy" place.
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Romeo offered Jill his rose at the first Rose Ceremony of the season, but Jill -- angry over Romeo's flirtation with both Kira and Brittany -- only accepted the rose so she could stay in Paradise and date other men.
Kira also didn't want to pursue Romeo once he clearly showed he preferred Jill.
But after Kira got eliminated from the show, she ended up coming back to the beach and asking Romeo to rekindle the spark they had once felt for each other. Romeo agreed to leave Paradise with Kira, and then they continued to date until their recent split.
Meanwhile, Jill pursued a relationship with Jacob Rapini, both on the beach and after Paradise wrapped filming, but they also broke up shortly after Bachelor in Paradise's reunion show aired.
Jill told Us that she and Kira stopped speaking once they left Paradise this past summer, but it remains unclear whether they've buried the hatchet since.
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