Married At First Sight's Awhina Rutene has revealed that she has secretly texted 'back-up groom' Tim King after they clicked on their date.
The bride says she was tempted to reach out to the 'kind and caring' Queenslander who she called a 'beautiful person' - but only after she watched back their episode together this week, prompting her to sling him a message.
'I just reached out to him and I said, "Hey, I really appreciate meeting you. You're very kind and I really hope that from your little cameo on MAFS that you've got heaps of people from the Gold Coast sliding into your DMs"' she tells Yahoo.
'"You are a really great guy and it was really nice to meet you"' she added.
While Awhina says that the two are just friends, they have stayed in touch - and Tim reveals they plan to meet up.
'We agreed that if I'm in Perth anytime soon, I'll let her know and we can grab a coffee,' Tim told Yahoo.
Married At First Sight's Awhina Rutene (pictured) has revealed that she has secretly texted 'back-up groom' Tim King after they clicked on their date
The bride says she was tempted to reach out to the 'kind and caring' Queenslander who she called a 'beautiful person' - but only after she watched back their episode together this week, prompting her to sling him a message. Tim is pictured
'It was great to hear from her and to chat about our experience on the date together, as after the date I got taken out by the producers, and that was it.'
The pair met up during Tuesday's episode for a date, and had a heart-to-heart chat that left Awhina feeling seen and appreciated.
Tim later said that he had warm feelings about the bride and hates the way her groom Adrian Araouzou has treated her.
'She's just such a kind, caring, genuine person. I really started feeling for her, especially with Cleo and that family catch-up they had' Tim tells Yahoo.
Tim says Awhina is the sort of woman he could be interested in.
'There definitely are some shared values that do align... seeing just how kind genuine and caring Awhina is, they're qualities that I definitely look for in a partner,' he said.
'So I think based on that, definitely there could have been a relationship that formed. But who knows?
'She definitely had those values and qualities that I do look for in someone, so you don't know where things could've gone.'
Tim later said that he had warm feelings about the bride and hates the way her groom Adrian Araouzou (right) has treated her
During the episode, contestants were presented the opportunity to meet their 'back-up' matches, and it came as no surprise to viewers when both Adrian and Awhina, 30, agreed to do it.
What shocked fans at home, was the moment Adrian, 31, returned to the apartment to brag to Awhina about the buxom blonde he could have been matched with.
From the start, Adrian jumped at the chance to meet Maxine from Sydney, who was picked out by experts as a potential second match.
Awhina met with Tim on her date, with the pair also hitting it off as he quickly revealed he was willing to relocate for the right person.
Tim also appeared to have no issue with Awhina being a mother, which Adrian suggested on their wedding day could be a deal breaker for him.
Meeting with Tim left Awhina unsure about the future of her relationship with Adrian, which was made worse when the couple reconvened to reveal how their dates went.
She later told producers she wanted Adrian to feel jealous over her going on a date with Tim like she was jealous about Maxine, revealing it likely meant he didn't have strong feelings for her.
'I expected a stronger reaction. It would have been nice if he was a little bit more p***ed off. I think he thought, we both did the challenge so who cares? Why do we not care?' she said.
'Why is it something that you're laughing about and brushing it off? It's not a light matter... If we're in a healthy relationship then why did we both decide to do this task?'
