People USA — August 21, 2017

Bryan, how did you feel going into
the final rose ceremony?
BRYAN I just had a sense of calm, and
I just felt right. I did everything I could.
I laid my heart out on the line for this
woman, the entire journey. I said to
myself, “If she says yes to me, then it
was meant to be. If she doesn’t, I can
sleep well knowing that I gave my all.”
Now that you’re engaged, where
will you be living?
RACHELThat’s the million-dollar ques-
tion! We’re not a fan of long distance.
There’s just no definitive place yet.
BRYAN I’m in Miami. She’s in
Dallas. We love L.A. We just want
to be together.
Have you started talking about
wedding plans?

BRYAN She definitely wants a winter wedding, so we’re

thinking end of next year or early 2019. Right now we’re

just getting ready to start our new life adventures together.

How about kids? Are you on the same page?

RACHEL I think we’d have pretty babies. We definitely

want kids!

BRYAN We have this argument. She wants four, with

the fourth being an accident. I like three!

Many reality couples don’t last; how will you beat the odds?

RACHEL For us, love is love. We have to be strong for each

other if this is going to work. I cannot imagine Bryan not

being in my life, and not as a friend, not as a boyfriend. As

a fiancé, as a husband. I want him in my life forever.•

August 21, 2017 PEOPLE 59

‘We’re

just a man

and a

woman

in love.

We just

want to

enjoy life’

—BRYAN

ABASOLO

Solid Love

“When I am weak,

he’s strong for me,”

says Lindsay of

Abasolo. “I always

say that he’s my

rock.”