It all began in December 2017, the heart of Christmas party season. Yesenia had been invited to a holiday gathering by her coworker, Panchito, and it was there that she first met Eric. At the time, Eric was Panchito’s roommate. The moment Eric saw Yesenia, he was instantly mesmerized by her beauty, she immediately caught his eye. As for Yesenia, she couldn’t help but notice how incredibly attractive Eric was. There was definitely a spark… but the timing wasn’t quite right. Eric, emotionally unavailable at the time (eek!), wasn’t in a place to pursue anything more. Life carried on, but something about Yesenia stayed with Eric. Over the years, he would occasionally ask mutual friends about her, trying to reconnect — but, for some reason, his friends weren’t exactly helpful (thanks, guys!). Fast forward nearly four years later. Yesenia was working her very last catering event before beginning her Master’s program at USD. That same day, fate stepped in. One of her coworkers, also a close friend of Eric’s, received a message from Eric asking about her once again. This time, everything aligned. Their mutual friend, Ariel, finally passed along Yesenia’s Instagram… and Eric slid into her DMs. From that message on, everything changed. And the rest? Well, that’s history.