Nicole & Ryan’s story is definitely one of a kind; proving that not only were they meant to be but that God lined up their lives perfectly to meet. In 2015 Nicole moved from New York to Virginia and started working for Goldkeyphr. She got a promotion to work for a new property, The Main in downtown Norfolk. Ryan took a shot at submitting an application at The Main and was hired! Not knowing that Nicole was his boss and that this job application could change both their lives. Nicole and Ryan got to know each other through work and their friendship blossomed. Throughout the years, Ryan had a serious crush on Nicole but knew that work came first and felt like it would never happen. Nicole was dating others, but always found herself giddy with Ryan. She always put work first and developing her career. Ryan and Nicole’s friendship grew into fun and flirty conversations, starting with a contest about are iPhones better than Droids (you know who won that battle haha). They both felt the butterflies between each other, but neither didn’t feel it was right to speak on it because of work. The outcome of the bet was dinner of course. They both met at warriors grill (for those that know Ryan, Warriors made sense haha), and they just talked and talked till the place had to kick them out so they could close. They continued to talk in the parking lot and that moment reassured them that this could be something real, but they asked themselves “how do we handle this and work?” Then the pandemic hit and Covid shut down the world, but not for Nicole and Ryan. The pandemic opened up this opportunity to see if there was something special between them. And just like that, their relationship grew and grew ever so strong with laughter, playing Ark for days at a time, talks about their life goals; what they want to achieve and their dreams. As each day went by, the more that God revealed his plan and that this was meant to be. Ever since they met, different opportunities aroused and brought the both of them to a place they never would have imagined. And now we can celebrate how far they have come on their 5th anniversary and watch them tie the knot on Sunday, January 26th 2025.