LOVE Island's Jordan Odofin and Zara Lackenby-Brown have hit out at producers for "robbing" them of meeting on the show.
Zara left the villa single the day before her "dream man" arrived in the villa.
After sliding into each other's DMs since being on the outside, the couple have started dating.
But they feel resentful they weren't given the opportunity to pursue love on the show.
Zara, 25, told the Sunday People: “They [the producers] knew Jordan was my type before I even walked in.
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"I left the villa thinking my dream man doesn’t exist, and days after Jordan arrives. I understand they have storylines to follow but I deserved to find love.”
Jordan, 28, was hoping to couple up with Zara, but was gutted to arrive in the villa to find out she'd been dumped.
“Before going in I was asked for my top three and I said Zara was my number one", he said.
"So naturally I was looking for her. It made my villa experience very different – I was in a friendship couple the whole time.”
They went for a romantic meal in Soho this week and are already planning a mini-golf and drinks date soon.
Zara was a show favourite after swooping in and bagging fellow bombshell Tom Clare from his previous love interest Olivia Hawkins.
The snub triggered ongoing animosity between her and Olivia, with the pair clashing throughout the show.
Although Zara had landed her man, their romance didn't last long, with Tom both declaring his feelings for Olivia and locking lips with newbie Ellie Spence.
Zara was dumped after ex-fling Tom chose Ellie instead of her in the recoupling, just a day after the pair had a nasty spat over Tom snogging the blonde.
In their heated exchange Zara could be heard implying his parents would not be proud of his behaviour in the villa.
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