Elise Benson & Carlo Are FINALLY Engaged! 😍 Official Ring Reveal 💫 | Instagram Goes Wild!

It was supposed to be the fairytale moment 90 Day Fiancé fans had been rooting for all season. Elise Benson, glowing under a fairy-lit pergola on Carlos Villa’s balcony in Santo Domingo, tearfully said “Yes” as the Dominican heartthrob dropped to one knee with a sparkling oval-cut diamond in hand. TLC’s cameras didn’t catch this one — Carlos had insisted it be their private moment, away from microphones and producers.

The photo, carefully guarded by TLC’s PR team, hit Instagram this week and exploded across fan accounts. The caption was simple but powerful: “She said yes 💍✨. The journey continues…”

Fans went wild.

“Finally! He’s perfect for her!”
“Wedding special or we riot!”
“Carlos better be all in — Elise deserves it!”

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But behind Elise’s ivory suede couch in her Los Angeles apartment, the mood was anything but celebratory. Carlos had flown back to the Dominican Republic for what he called a “family emergency” just two days after the proposal — and had gone completely silent for over 36 hours.

A Ring That Suddenly Felt Heavy

Elise wasn’t new to heartbreak. Her last relationship, with ex-fiancé Matt, had left deep scars. She’d vowed to keep things real with Carlos: no fake storylines, no hiding problems for the cameras. But his sudden absence stirred old fears.

“I thought we were done with the part where I had to guess how he felt,” Elise confided quietly during her wedding dress fitting, her voice breaking.

Carlos, meanwhile, sat thousands of miles away with a white envelope in his lap — a confession he’d written but never delivered. It wasn’t illegal, and it wasn’t a betrayal in the traditional sense. But it was a secret.

Before they were official, before the cameras cemented their storyline, he’d sent a flirty DM to another woman. One night. One text. One choice he regretted instantly.

The Leak That Changed Everything

Just as Carlos boarded a flight back to L.A., the worst happened. A gossip blog released screenshots of his DM exchange with a model named Lucia, date-stamped right after his and Elise’s first kiss. The timing made it look like the romance was barely real before he tested its limits.

Elise saw the leak mid-morning while sipping tea. Her assistant rushed in with the news. Her breath caught as she clicked the link. The screenshots were real.

Suddenly, the diamond on her finger didn’t feel like a promise — it felt like a question mark.

She called Carlos twice. No answer.

Face to Face — Almost

When Carlos arrived outside her building, envelope in hand, he rang her doorbell. No answer. He slipped the note under the door and walked away. Elise watched him through the peephole but couldn’t bring herself to open it. Not with the whole internet dissecting their love story.

Inside the envelope, she found a short letter:

“Hey Elise, I messed up. Not when we met. Not when I fell in love with you. But early on, before I knew what we were going to be. I should have told you sooner. You are the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I’m going to fight to keep you, even if I have to start over. — Carlos”

Elise let the letter fall to the floor. No tears. No screaming. Just the heavy silence of a woman deciding if love was worth the risk — again.

The cameras may have stopped rolling for the day, but the real drama had just begun.