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Neil Lane\u2019s job here<\/a> is done! Zach Shallcross<\/strong><\/a> proposed to Kaity Biggar<\/strong><\/a> during the Monday, March 27, finale of The Bachelor<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI can no longer say I\u2019m falling in love with you, because, Kaity Lane, I am so in love with you. You are my world,\u201d Zach, 26, said before he got down on one knee. \u201cThe love I feel for you is something I could\u2019ve never imagined and something I thought a lot of my life I would never be able to deserve. I love you so much. I love you with all my heart. You\u2019re the face I want to wake up to every morning. I want to go through life with you and only you. Kaity, I want to be with you forever. \u2026 You\u2019re the only one I want in my life. \u2026 Kaity, will you marry me?\u201d<\/p>\n The sales exec previously told Us Weekly<\/em> that Kaity, 28, was \u201can absolute sweetheart\u201d whom he had his eyes on from the start.<\/p>\n \u201cShe is someone [who] from the very beginning had my attention and is someone that shows and exudes kindness and compassion with, like, everyone,\u201d he said in February. \u201cShe just kind of, like, brightens up a room.\u201d<\/p>\n The nurse was on hand to give Zach support when he battled COVID-19 during the season.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so when she also went to come to be there for me when I was sick alone in my room for days on end, I was like, \u2018Wow, she cares, and she really wants to see me and talk to me,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd even though it\u2019s through a door \u2014 you\u2019d think it\u2019d be awkward, [but] it wasn\u2019t \u2014 it was really special, and it helped me get through that week.\u201d<\/p>\n Zach proposed to Kaity after saying goodbye<\/a> to Gabi Elnicki<\/strong><\/a> earlier in the episode. Things got awkward between the finalists during the March 20 rose ceremony<\/a> when Kaity confirmed that Zach told her that he had sex with Gabi in the fantasy suite after previously saying he wasn\u2019t going to be intimate with anyone on the show.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of things do change and going into that week, I thought I could basically set up, like, a guideline for myself and a guideline for others to try to make it less messy,\u201d Zach previously told Us<\/em>. \u201cAnd it bit us in the ass.\u201d<\/p>\n Zach is the first Bachelor to get down on one knee since Peter Weber<\/strong><\/a> proposed to Hannah Ann Sluss<\/strong><\/a> during the 2020 season. Season 25 star Matt James<\/strong> opted not to propose to winner Rachael Kirkconnell<\/strong><\/a> and season 26\u2019s Clayton Echard<\/strong> left the show single.<\/a> (While Matt and Rachael are still together, Peter and Hannah Ann called it quits when the show was airing. Clayton, meanwhile, dated Susie Evans<\/strong><\/a> for several months until their September 2022 split.)<\/p>\n
\n Kaity Biggar and Zach Shallcross<\/span> ABC\/Craig Sjodin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n