The Bachelorette alum Blake Horstmann and former Love Is Blind star Giannina Gibelli may have an engagement on the horizon.
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Giannina, 29, called Blake "the love of [my] life" on Instagram at the time, and now it appears she can envision Blake, 33, as her fiance and future husband.
"I'm definitely not uncomfortable talking about being engaged to him or just spending the rest of my life with them," Giannina told E! News in a video interview.
"I think the feeling's mutual and I would be the happiest person in the entire world."
Giannina, however, said there is "no rush" and she's not expecting a ring on her finger in the near future.
"Everything has its own time and needs to develop naturally and everything, but honestly, I'm good. This is it. This is it for me," Giannina said.
Blake and Giannina technically went Instagram official in early April, when Giannina posted a selfie with Blake during their romantic getaway to Spain on April 3 via Instagram Stories, months after reports began to swirl about the couple dating.
But Giannina attempted to hide Blake's face in the selfie and keep his identity a secret, presumably because they had been contractually obligated not to showcase their relationship on social media until All Star Shore premiered.
Ever since then, the pair hasn't been shy to post or publicly boast about each other.
Some eagle-eyed fans even noticed Blake and Giannina recently wearing matching rings.
Giannina joked that their followers need to "calm down," playfully explaining, "When we do get engaged, this ring will be way bigger. That's all I'm saying."
RELATED LINK: 'THE BACHELORETTE' COUPLES NOW"Spending so much time with him and us doing everything together [helped me realize he's The One]," she continued, "and also, having the show air and there be no drama between us because of that, it's just like every day confirms to me more and more and more that this is my person."
Giannina said she knew "very early on" that Blake is her perfect match "because of how comfortable and how sweet and everything [he is]. Every day, I'm just like, 'Yup, I'm right! It makes sense!'"
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Reports Blake -- who finished The Bachelorette's fourteenth season starring Becca Kufrin as the runner-up and failed to find lasting love on Bachelor in Paradise -- and Giannina, who appeared on Love Is Blind in 2020, were dating first surfaced in early January.
"He just makes sure that I'm always happy," Giannina gushed.
"If I'm having an off day or I'm stressed out about something, he'll take the time and be like, 'Hey, are you okay? You're not as talkative today.' It's just these sweet little things that he wants to make sure that I'm happy and I'm in a good place."
Giannina also revealed she "wouldn't be against" watching Blake's appearances on The Bachelor franchise and him watching her Love Is Blind stint -- although she's not jumping at the chance.
"I Googled him and I YouTubed him because we were watching one of The Bachelor episodes and I got really curious, like, 'What was your entrance like? I want to see this, like, Blake Horstmann on an ox!'" Giannina told the website.
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Blake and Giannina romance rumors sparked when some fans noticed Blake and Giannina were posting photos with similar backgrounds on social media.
Blake, for example, posted a photo of himself sipping on cocktails in front of a big wooden barrel at Mile High Spirits in Colorado on New Year's Eve.
Giannina subsequently posted a picture of herself posing in front of similar barrels the next day.
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Giannina, wearing a sexy white dress at the time, captioned her post, "Repeat after me: I am about to walk into the best year of my life."
One fan account, @myteaandroses, also pointed out how it appeared Giannina had uploaded an image from Blake's bed via Instagram Stories on New Year's Day.
And several days prior, Giannina revealed on Instagram that she was about to travel from Miami "to the mountains," hinting she was headed to a colder destination on December 28. Blake, as fans are well aware, currently lives in Denver, CO.
Giannina got engaged to fellow Love Is Blind contestant Damian Powers on the show in 2020, but during the season finale, Damian reportedly admitted at the altar he couldn't go through with marrying her so soon.
The pair chose to stay together and continue dating, but then Giannina announced in August 2021 she and Damian had split.
"I am officially single. Me and Damian haven't been dating for a couple of months now," Giannina told Entertainment Tonight at the time.
Giannina said she had "moved on" from Damian at that point and felt "really, really good" about where she was at in life.
During the Love Is Blind: After the Altar special that was released last year, it was revealed that Giannina and Damian reportedly had their fair share of problems, such as Damian's too-close relationship with Too Hot to Handle star Francesca Farago.
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(According to People, however, Damian denied any romantic involvement with Francesca).
As for Blake, his breakup with Becca on The Bachelorette finale in August 2018 was excruciating to watch considering Blake had said he was madly in love with the show's leading lady.
Blake was admittedly "blindsided" by Becca's decision to dump him because he appeared to be her frontrunner all season long.
"I truly thought that if it came down to me proposing, that she wouldn't say no," Blake told ET in 2018. "I thought what we had was real."
Blake added it was "incredibly hard" to get over his heartbreak at first.
After appearing on Becca's The Bachelorette season, Blake had flings with The Bachelor alums Caelynn Miller-Keyes and Kristina Schulman.
Blake then appeared on Bachelor in Paradise's sixth edition and came across like a playboy.
He was romantically interested in Hannah Godwin on the ABC spinoff, but she chose to pursue a relationship with Dylan Barbour instead.
Blake said on Instagram in Summer 2021 that he has no interest in appearing on the franchise again for the sake of his mental health because he believes the franchise "breeds toxicity and emotional abuse."
Blake led Bachelor Nation to believe he and Becca were getting back together last year, but Becca denied that was the case and chose to look for love on Season 7 of Bachelor in Paradise in Summer 2021.
Becca is now happily engaged to her Paradise co-star and The Bachelorette 17 alum Thomas Jacobs.
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