The Bachelor alum Serene Russell has addressed rumors she's engaged to The Bachelorette alum Brendan Morais.

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Serene and Brendan recently posed for a photo in which Serene was wearing a beautiful white dress and Brendan was sporting a black suit at Fink Ranch in Oklahoma.

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Eagle-eye fans spotted a diamond ring on Serene's finger, and she was smiling up at her man as if he had just popped the question.

The photographer, who had posted the photo on social media, captioned the image in part, "I'm so glad I said yes and got to be a part of yesterday. It was the sweetest day."

Many fans therefore wondered if Serene also said "yes" and decided to take the next step in her relationship with Brendan.

But Serene subsequently set the record straight via her Instagram Stories.

"Obligatory we aren't engaged just modeled together post," Serene wrote, sharing the photographer's original post that sparked engagement rumors.

"There are so many more photos we can't wait to see. Thanks to @flintworkshop for having us!!"

Serene and Brendan hard launched their relationship on Instagram in March by uploading a carousel of sweet photos of them spending time together.

Before getting romantically involved with Serene, Brendan had dated The Bachelor alum Pieper James.

Brendan and Pieper stopped posting photos of each other on Instagram in late 2022, and then Pieper confirmed in October 2023 that her relationship with Brendan was over after two years of dating.

"When they say 'go to hell' but I'm still recovering from the whiplash my last relationship caused me," Pieper wrote over a video of her lip-syncing to the 2001 hit "I'm Already There" by Lonestar at the time.

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Days later, Brendan posted photos of himself playing Pickle ball and he wrote, "Play games with my pickle ball! Not my heart."

Brendan initially competed on Clare Crawley and Tayshia Adams' split season of The Bachelorette.

Brendan was then portrayed as a villain on Bachelor in Paradise's seventh season. He left the show dating Pieper in 2021.

Pieper and Brendan spent months defending their relationship after they had discussed wanting to become influencers during filming and were allegedly already an item when they stepped on the beach in Mexico.

Brendan was therefore accused of stringing Natasha Parker along until Pieper arrived in Paradise, and Brendan issued a public apology for hurting Natasha's feelings. (Pieper also apologized to Natasha).

For Serene's part, she competed on Clayton Echard's season of The Bachelor and then got engaged to Brandon Jones on Bachelor in Paradise's eighth-season finale, which aired in November 2022.

But fans began speculating that Brandon had been unfaithful to Serene when a video surfaced appearing to show him kissing another woman at a bar.

Brandon denied that he ever cheated on his then-fiancee, but the pair publicly announced their breakup in May 2023.

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"I think after that, it was like, 'Okay, there's irreparable damage,'" Serene recalled on the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast in October 2023.

"Of course there was a part of me that was like, 'Okay, I really love this person,' and I struggled with it for a long time. But there was just no coming back."

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