Bachelor in Paradise’s Brandon Jones, Serene Russell Are Engaged

Paradise discovered! Brandon Jones and Serene Russell hit it off instantly throughout season 8 of Bachelor in Paradise, they usually obtained their glad ending throughout the finale on Tuesday, November 22.

“Brandon, I’ve all the time yearned for a life-changing love, however I had by no means seen it or skilled it firsthand. However then I met you,” Serene, 27, started. “I really feel like we’ve two hearts reduce from the identical material and I’ve by no means felt extra seen or understood in my complete life. In you, I’ve discovered my greatest pal, my lacking puzzle piece and my soulmate. I really like you a lot and I’m by no means going to take that with no consideration.”

Brandon, 28, advised Serene that he didn’t need to spend one other second with out her earlier than getting down on one knee.

“Serene Brook Russell, I really like you. I really like you in each sense of the phrase. You might be this ever-lasting spark that has hit me so laborious and I’ve come to the attractive realization that from the second I noticed you, my fortunately ever after may’ve by no means began till I began a life with you,” he stated. “I’ll love you till the top of the time. I’ll love you till my final breath. … Serene Brook Russell, will you make me the happiest man to stroll this earth? Will you marry me?”

The duo linked instantly after arriving on the seaside, pairing up on the primary day of filming. The twosome had been the primary couple to make use of the L-word with one another, with Brandon telling Serene that he was falling in love together with her throughout their first official date.

“Once I noticed you, [I knew] I didn’t need to be with anybody else however you,” the nurse recruiter stated throughout an October episode. “I’m falling in love with you and I’m so glad that I’m. I’m so glad that my life led me to you.”

The previous Bachelor star replied: “I’m positively falling in love with you too. And I’ve by no means felt this particular in my life.”

The Bachelorette alum gushed over Serene throughout an emotional second on the seaside within the November 15 episode, telling her that he feels “actually, actually blessed” to have her in his life. “I’m so grateful for you as a result of you’re the most stunning factor on this darkish place,” he continued. “I’m so glad I discovered you.”

Brandon made his Bachelor Nation debut throughout Michelle Younger‘s season of The Bachelorette, which aired in 2021. The fact star completed in second place after the previous trainer, 29, selected Nayte Olukoya as her winner. Michelle and Nayte, 28, obtained engaged throughout the season finale, however they introduced their cut up in June.

Serene, for her half, first appeared throughout Clayton Echard‘s season of The Bachelor, which aired earlier this yr. She completed the competitors in fourth place following the hometowns episode.