This post contains spoilers from Monday’s episode ofThe Bachelorette.
Rachel, 26, played it cool after hearing the news. “If that’s where your heart is, I appreciate you telling me,” she told Logan. “I just wish it would’ve been earlier.”
However, to the cameras, Rachel admitted, “I was really hopeful that things could pick up with Logan and I.”
She also no longer wanted to go on the group date. “I feel bad that they have to keep dealing with this week after week,” Rachel said of her group of men. “But I’m not ready right now to go on a group date and act like I don’t feel like a huge loser.”
Rachel told hostJesse Palmerhow she felt, and he relayed to the men that their date wouldn’t be happening, but that they’d reconvene later for the afterparty.
RACHEL’S GROUP DATE
Tino, Zach, Meatball, Ethan and Tyler eventually met up with Rachel for the afterparty portion of the group date. First, Rachel explained why she canceled their date earlier.
No one walked out, though. Instead, the men offered reassurance. “I’m sorry you had to deal with that,” advertising executive Ethan, 27, said to Rachel.
Rachel told Tino: “I do see you. I literally look forward to every single time we get to spend together.”
Zach encouraged Rachel to scream out her frustrations. “It’s not easy and you’re handling it absolutely like a champion,” said the tech executive, 25.
Rachel ultimately gave a rose to Tino, because he “continues to be extremely vulnerable with me and is able to open up with me even when it’s really hard.”
Rachel Recchia and Zach Shallcross.
GABBY’S GROUP DATE
Then, Logan showed up at the afterparty, confusing the group of men. Logan explained how he wanted to switch groups and that “I got word today that she wants me to have an opportunity to pursue [her].”
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RACHEL’S ONE-ON-ONE
Rachel ended up taking Aven on her one-on-one, telling the cameras, “Right off the bat, Aven is one of the most handsome men I have ever seen and we are exploring Bruges, which is one of the most romantic places I have ever been to.”
They walked around the city and came across three women who make lace. One of the women gave Rachel a wedding veil to wear.
At the dinner portion of the date, Aven, 28, talked about the importance of stability in relationships.
“Growing up, my parents were never together,” the sales executive said. “I lived with my mom for a few years and then I moved with my dad for the rest of my life, basically.”
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Aven said he and his mom bonded later in life and she gave him a bracelet she made, which he then offered to Rachel. “Maybe it’ll turn your experience in all this around for a little bit,” Aven suggested.
Rachel told Aven she had “the most incredible day” with him and offered him a rose.
“I really do see Rachel as someone who can be my future and somebody that I want to spend the rest of my life with,” Aven told the cameras.
GABBY’S ONE-ON-ONE
Over dinner, Johnny disclosed that his last relationship ended when he started to truly be himself.
ROSE CEREMONY
Before the cocktail party, Rachel issued an apology to her group of men. “I want to apologize to everyone who lost time this week, but I’m so excited to have another night with all of you,” she said. “And I am so hopeful for what’s to come.”
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The Bacheloretteairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
