Alla and Ben met the old fashioned way...through a dating app called Bumble! The two matched when Ben was up in Los Angeles visiting friends, but when Alla discovered he lived 50 miles away in Orange County, which was outside of her "dating radius," she almost didn't contact him. Thanks to a friendly nudge from Ben, she sent him a message, which led to a phone call and eventually a date. Their first date was a Sunday morning brunch over banana pancakes at a cafe attached to a Travelodge against the infamous 405 – that freeway would later prove to be their true physical connection as an LA/OC romance began. Alla describes the meetup as "awkward." Ben, on the other hand, displaying a classic male proclivity toward tone-deafness, noticed no awkwardness and only that Alla was even hotter in real life than in her pictures. At the end of their date, Alla observed that Ben did not appear to meet her minimum height requirement of 6 feet. To help, Ben offered to always stand on the high side of the sidewalk. Alla has been happily wearing flats ever since.

Ben went to great lengths to surprise Alla because it's hard to get anything past her. He lured her to The Hotel Beverly Terrace in Beverly Hills on a Wednesday night under the pretense of a work dinner. When Alla met Ben on the rooftop of the hotel, he was the only one there, waiting for her with a martini. After asking where his coworkers were, Ben admitted that he'd been lying to her all week, which she was not happy to hear. Luckily, the next words out his mouth made Alla very happy: "I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." Then Ben got down on one knee, removed a beautiful diamond ring from his pocket and asked, "Will you marry me?" Though in a state of shock, Alla still managed to give him a resounding "YES!" He had a wonderful evening planned, including a romantic dinner at Cecconi's, drinks with her friends who helped pull off the surprise and a stay at the hotel, where their room was decked out with rose petals and champagne. When Alla called her mom to say they got engaged, she responded, "On a Wednesday!?" Ben had specifically chosen midweek to throw her off — and she bought it hook, line and sinker. Being extremely cautious to pack her an overnight bag, Ben took only articles of clothing she'd never notice were missing. The next day, her outfit included bell bottoms and '90s sneakers, but for once Alla didn't care about being out of fashion. With that new sparkler on her finger, everything else was secondary — maybe even Ben!