Looking for Love - Day Six

Lyndsay woke up, refreshed and ready to face the day.  She was looking forward to her morning dates. 

"Morning, bro," Holden greeted Griff.  Such friendly competition.

Lyndsay hummed as she washed her dirty dish and wondered what she should do for her dates this morning.  She thought she should perhaps take things up a notch.  She needed to make sure...

Her musing was interrupted when Holden strode into the room and pulled her into his arms.

OH JAYSUS!

Kampol and Griff were taken aback by the familiarity between Lyndsay and Holden.

An argument ensued as they made it crystal clear how they felt about her actions.  She tried to point out that it was Holden that had made the advance in front of them, but her defense fell of deaf ears.  They stormed from the room, leaving her alone with Holden.

"Don't worry," Holden said as she reached for his hands.  "They'll get over it soon."

"I can't believe you did that in front of the others," she giggled.  It was kinda funny when she thought back to the looks on their faces.  

Holden gave her a tender look.  "It's all fair in love and war," he told her.  He'd been determined to win Lyndsay's heart.  And if he had to send the competition packing to do it - so be it. 

"You rascal!" Lyndsay said, goosing him.  "Now I have to go see if I can smooth things over. "

"Or not," Holden suggested. "You can always stay in here with me!"

"That's not how the challenge goes!" she protested.

Holden just shrugged.

She found Kampol outside, and it looked like he was plotting her death with a cowplant.

"Hey," she attempted to wolf whistle him into good humor.  "Look who it is, my favorite red-head!"

"Don't! Just don't!" Kampol said angrily.  "Apparently the feelings I had with you weren't reciprocated because I would never do something like that to you!"

Lyndsay wasn't sure what to say to make things better.  He clearly wanted nothing else to do with her.  "I'm sorry," she said sadly.  "It's not how I thought this would go."

She'd had some hope that she'd be able to reason with Griff.  She attempted to charm him out of his bad mood, but he just shook his head and held up his hands, staving her off.

She was surprised by how much that hurt. 

She'd really felt something for him.

The gentlemen gathered for the Compatibility Ceremony, but before Lyndsay could say anything, Griff interrupted the proceedings.   "Look, after what we witnessed this morning, this ceremony is a joke.  You've already made your choice and you're just stringing us along," he said angrily. 

"Griff, that's not true! I was trying..." Lyndsay attempted to explain again how she was trying to test her feelings for each bachelor before making a decision.

 

"Kampol and I talked about it and we agreed. We forfeit. "

The two stormed off, leaving Lyndsay in tears. 

Holden flashed a quick thumbs up.  This went exactly as planned!

 

In retrospect, Kampol decided he didn't feel anything for Lyndsay.  He'd just gotten caught up in the dating fervor.  She may have liked redheads, but he certainly did not like brunettes!

"Turn it off," Griff said gruffly.  "I've got nothing say."  He buried his face in his hands, devastated by the turn of events.  He'd really loved her and losing her like that hurt something fierce. 

 

"I might have won by default, but I couldn't help the way I feel about you," Holden told her, pulling out the ring he'd brought with him, just in cases.  "You may have had a bunch of guys to pick from, but it was always you from the get go for me!"

 

The newly engaged couple snuggled in the interview room, eager for the pictures and questions to be over.  

"And how would you rate your experience?" the producer asked Lyndsay.  "Would you do it again?"

Lyndsay locked eyes with Holden and nodded quickly.  "In a heartbeat," she said tenderly, smiling when Holden reached for her hand and squeezed.

With the house to themselves, Holden and Lyndsay decided to make use of the love tub. 

It may have been too soon for some of the bachelors to return to the Grand Estate.  Kampol and Griff, in particular, did not seem too pleased to be back.

But, they'd contractually agreed to return and celebrate with the happy couple.

 

Griff stood in the back and refused to clap.  It hurt knowing that could've been him if not for that sneaky Holden.

Holden slipped the ring on Lyndsay's finger.

They'd looked and found love!

 

 

*BA HA HA HA - Holden totally threw Day 6 into chaos with his very public move.  Talk about making your relationship public!  Since neither Griff nor Kampol wanted anything to do with Lyndsay anymore, I decided to spare myself the fights and have them walk off.  Fun fact, while Kampol was crushing on Lyndsay, she felt nothing towards him.  He would've been the next to go.  It was super close between Griff and Holden - who knows who would've won if not for that morning fiasco!

 Hope you enjoyed watching Lyndsey's Bachelorette Challenge!  I can't wait for her and Holden to visit Random now!