Tayshia Adams is engaged to Zac Clark.
It wasn’t the most dramatic season of “The Bachelorette” yet, but season 16 was by far the most authentic.
In the second half of the final, Tayshia did something few had done before: to support her suitors in difficult times and let them lead her through the finish line. As a proposal got closer and closer, Tayshia’s worst fears, her previous divorce, could not be ignored.
The moment of self-doubt strengthened Zac for her, no matter what.
I will not lie, I cried during the proposal.
This is how Tayshia and Zac Clark reached the end of “The Bachelorette” together.
Tayshia thought that the second to last rose ceremony would be easy: she had two roses, one for Zac and one for Ivan. But then Ben, whom he had sent home a week earlier, appeared to confess his love for her.
Tayshia, annoyed that Ben dropped this bomb a little too late, allowed him to stay at the rose ceremony. And then they shared one of the most passionate kisses I’ve ever seen.
The rose ceremony
Tayshia got to work quickly, keeping Ivan away from the other guys. “There are some things that are worrying,” she told him. During their overnight meeting, they discussed religion (Tayshia is a Christian, Ivan’s faith is unknown) and Tayshia realized that they could not make a living together. Zac and Ben both received roses. Hello last two.
Ben meets the family
Her father, Desmond, her mother, Rosario, and brothers Brice and Desmond Jr. came to Palm Springs to help her make a big decision.
Desmond was amazed that Ben was sent home, but returned. Over drinks, Ben joked that he would be thrown by Tayshia while Rosario raised his eyebrows. “I don’t want you to work so hard to have someone on the same page as you,” Desmond told his daughter in a private chat.
Separately, Ben told his mother and father how much he loved his daughter and why he wanted to be in her life. “He really recognized where he messed up and how he could have done better,” Desmond said, seeming to approve of Ben.
Tayshia was sold. “I started falling in love with Ben again,” she said.
Zac meets the family
Zac tells Rosario that he is in love with her daughter and that Tayshia loves him back. He also revealed that he is eager to start a family with her.
Like Tayshia, Zac has been married before, which Desmond did not hide. “I don’t want it to be a test, I don’t want you to wing it and see if you can make it work,” he told Zac. “I look forward to supporting each other in these difficult times,” Zac said.
“I like Zac, he’s a good man. Just seeing another man in love with my daughter, the way he expressed himself, made me feel at ease, ”Desmond told the rooms after the meeting.
“Zac seems very honest and caring, chemistry was actually something I noticed,” Rosario said.
Breakfast with Desmond
The next morning, her father stopped by Tayshia’s villa. “Honestly, I’m worried, I’ve seen you hurt before,” he told his daughter, talking about Tayshia’s divorce. Both boys were perfectly fine, but they were in no hurry to get hired. “You might make the biggest mistake of your life,” he warned, giving the producers a perfect sound bite.
Zac’s last date
The conversation with Tayshia’s father took place over her, while Zac promised her that he was ready to propose. The couple headed to the dance class, where they learned a first dance suitable for a wedding. She couldn’t shake her worries, but Zac helped her have fun throughout the lesson.
At night, Tayshia let go of her worries. What if something changes and Zac doesn’t want it anymore? He assured her that no matter what, she was not going anywhere.
Ben’s last date
“I know what my heart wants and it’s not Ben,” she told the cameras before they went to their last meeting. Sitting with him in his house, she told him that her heart was with someone else.
“I was excited to be back, I really hoped we would be together,” he said. “When you love someone, you want them to be happy.” It was his second breakup with Tayshia and no less devastating than the first. “I lost a very good thing,” he told the cameras. “Our life would have been so good.”
The proposal
Zac chose an emerald-cut Neil Lane ring as a gift for Tayshia.
Even though she knew that the man of her dreams was waiting for her with a ring, Tayshia began to have doubts, crying with emotion and nervousness. Chris Harrison left her with a hug and a “I love you.”
As Zac approaches the alter, Tayshia greets him with a chuckle. “The first conversation I ever had by the fountain, we talked about how everything happens for a reason. I came here because I had to meet you, I came here because I had to fall in love with you “, Zac told him. “Nothing has ever felt so good in my whole life. I love you Tayshia. We talked about the importance of loyalty and I will always be loyal to you. ”
Tayshia responded in kind. “I know I told you I love you, but it’s more than that. It is this wild, wild love that I have tried to find with so many reasons not to believe and you have really made me believe that there must be no flaws and that I deserve love with a man who has won ‘don’t run away. I love you Zac Clark. ”
Tayshia was crying with laughter as Zac dropped to one knee. He whispered a resounding “yes” before they collapsed into each other’s arms.
Of course, it wasn’t official until Zac accepted the last rose from her. The two left in the sunset in a fake taxi, heading for New York.
prediction
Bachelor Nation, see you on January 4, when the year of hell is over and Matt James’ “The Bachelor” season will premiere.