Lovely met Julius in 2016 while they were both in college (she was 19, he was 20). She was studying to be a teacher and he was studying to be a boat captain. Lovely first saw him on the last day of a city-wide private school competition. Lovely was participating in choir and Julius was competing in boxing. She spotted him from a distance on the third-floor balcony, stretching and shadow boxing, and was instantly captivated. After the competition, she couldn't get him out of her mind. She found out his name was Julius through her sister, who went to the same school. She also learned that her sister's boyfriend attended the same church as Julius. They officially met in person three months later at Lovely´s place for her sister´s school graduation. Her sister invited Julius, and the rest is history!