The Bachelor alum Nick Viall has gone public about his relationship with surgical technologist Natalie Joy, who just shared a glimpse of their sweet and playful relationship on Instagram.

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Natalie posted a video Wednesday on her Instagram Stories in which she teased Nick while he was playing a virtual reality game.

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When the Season 21 The Bachelor star was trying to navigate the game with bulky goggles on his face, Natalie tried to sneak up on his side and give him a kiss.

"You're freaking me out," Nick, 40, said with a laugh in the video since he couldn't see her through the goggles but knew she was creeping up on him.

Nick and Natalie, a beautiful and curvy brunette, became romantically involved all the way back in 2019, People reported.

The pair reportedly attempted to keep their relationship private until widespread reports that they were dating surfaced last week.

Nick and Natalie were spotted taking an afternoon stroll through Nick's neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA, on January 19, according to People.

In September 2020, Natalie reportedly gushed on Instagram that she's the "happiest I've eva been," and that same month, Nick was thrilled to have purchased his first home for $1.72 million.

"She's great for him," a source told the magazine last week, adding that Nick and Natalie already became an official couple in 2020.

It remains unclear how the couple met, but fans have been speculating about their relationship for months now.

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In September 2020, for example, Nick posted a video of himself dancing by a pool that Natalie reportedly later featured in a post of her own on Instagram, showing the pair had been in the same location.

Nick cracked jokes about his dating life and said it was "just fine" in a May 2020 interview amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

"I'm chatting it up. [Doing] FaceTimes, Zooms. I will say single people out there are as eager as ever," Nick told The Bachelor alum Demi Burnett in an episode of her Big Demi Energy with Demi Burnett podcast. "Everyone's horny."

Nick starred on Season 21 of The Bachelor following multiple attempts to find love on reality TV.

After competing for Andi Dorfman's heart on The Bachelorette's tenth season in 2014 and finishing as the runner-up behind winner Josh Murray, Nick appeared on Kaitlyn Bristowe's season the following year.

Nick showed up on Kaitlyn's The Bachelorette edition several weeks into the process but wooed Kaitlyn quickly.

The pair memorably slept together in Ireland well ahead of the overnight Fantasy Suites.

Kaitlyn, however, ended up giving her final rose and getting engaged to personal trainer Shawn Booth, whom she split from in November 2018 after three years of being together.

(Kaitlyn is now dating The Bachelorette alum Jason Tartick).

Nick continued his search for love on reality television following his split from Kaitlyn through a stint on Bachelor in Paradise, but when a romance with Jennifer Saviano didn't work out, ABC selected him to star on The Bachelor's 2017 season to hopefully find his match.

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Nick got engaged to Vanessa Grimaldi at the end of his season, but their romance kicked off with more challenges than the average The Bachelor couple to come out of the show given Vanessa was living in Canada and Nick wanted to stay in the United States.

Shortly after getting engaged, Nick also competed on Dancing with the Stars, which soaked up a lot of his free time and energy.

Nick and Vanessa split in August 2017 and Nick seemingly never entered a serious relationship since -- until now.

As for Vanessa, she announced her engagement to Canadian businessman Josh Wolfe in August 2020.

Vanessa went public with her relationship with Josh in January 2019 after a fling with a different guy in Spring 2018 didn't work out.

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