As far as Xander and Yoly's whirlwind, three-week love affair, it ran its course by the end of the season. Though the two repeatedly expressed their deep love for one another, Yoly decided to say yes to Mal's marriage proposal and broke things off with Xander for good in the finale in an emotional split. Though they still appear to be on good terms, the two didn't enter a full-blown relationship following the season or reunion.
According to Xander, their connection "wasn't hitting the same way" once they were out of the experiment and both single. "Our time had passed," Xander told Tudum, adding that she also had to process some "unresolved anger" about their situation. "I want someone to choose me. I don't want to feel like you tried out this thing with Mal and then now you're going to come back and try this thing with me," she explained. "It wasn't sitting well with me."
Still, the two keep in touch. "We're cool and check in with each other," Yoly told Tudum, adding, "Xander is a wonderful person and would make a wonderful wife and a mother, but I'm just being protective [of] myself" at the moment.
