The Bachelor's Susie Evans Explains Why She'd Say 'No' if Clayton Echard Proposes Anytime Soon

Seeing double? After two decades — and more than 40 seasons combined — fans have seen it all on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

Virginia Is for Lovers! Clayton Echard and Susie Evans jetted off to her hometown for a family-filled trip following the Bachelor finale.

More to the story — and to Susie? As Clayton Echard and Susie Evans show off their post-Bachelor love, they haven’t been afraid to engage with fans.

Bachelor Nation, it’s safe to say Clayton Echard and Susie Evans aren’t shying away from sharing their private life after The Bachelor finale.

Susie Evans is not ready to be Mrs. Echard. After Tuesday night's dramatic season finale of , the wedding videographer appeared on podcast to reveal what would make her say no to a proposal from Clayton Echard, whom she reconnected with post-show after initially turning down his ask for a relationship.«We have a lot to learn about each other, and we have a lot to learn about ourselves still. I think we both are still growing and learning from this,» Susie said.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentBachelor Nation got whiplash this week from the season finale of “The Bachelor” Season 26 — which went from breakup to makeup to another breakup and another makeup to a dual breakup, all ultimately for leading man Clayton Echard to end up with contestant Susie Evans, who had actually left the show the week before the finale.If that sounds confusing, it’s because it is.Never, since the two decades its been on-air, has the dating show seen such a change-of-heart from its lead than it did this season: Echard told three women (Evans, Gabby Widney and Rachel Recchia) that he was in love with them, also admitting to sleeping with two of them.After being left alone and single in the final episode, which filmed roughly four months ago, Echard ended up walking away with Evans, despite her turning him down in the shocking finale. And in last night’s “After the Final Rose” episode, instead of a proposal, Evans confirmed she was his girlfriend, accepting Echard’s final rose — but not before he was reamed out by Widney and Recchia on live television with both women calling him selfish, manipulative and thoughtless.

Holding out hope? Clayton Echard did not propose to Susie Evans during the Bachelor season 26 finale, but he had a ring in his pocket just in case.

Clayton Echard is delighted by the announcement that both Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will be the next Bachelorette. The co-Bachelorettes were revealed on Tuesday's season finale of , which saw Clayton have uncomfortable post-split conversations with each of the soon-to-be leading ladies.«I wish the best for them. I was extremely happy when they announced they were dual Bachelorettes,» Clayton told ET's Denny Directo.

Susie Evans had a hard time watching her beau reunite with his exes. The morning after the season finale of , Clayton Echard's final pick told ET's Denny Directo that watching the medical sales rep's conversations with Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia was «heartbreaking.»During the two-part season finale, Clayton reeled from Susie's decision to leave the show, after learning that he'd been intimate with and was in love with multiple women.Clayton came clean to Gabby and Rachel about the same thing, and convinced them to stay and meet his parents, but ended up breaking up with them when he couldn't get Susie off of his mind.Those splits led Clayton to have awkward live conversations with Gabby and Rachel on Tuesday's episode, both of which Susie watched from the wings as she waited to make her couple debut with the Bachelor himself.«It was really tough,» Susie told ET. «We obviously knew those conversations were coming.

Susie Evans didn't wait long to get back in touch with Clayton Echard. On Tuesday's finale of , Susie rejected Clayton's offer to leave Iceland together, but the pair patched things up post-show, and appeared happy and in love during a live, in-studio appearance.The morning after their public debut, Susie told ET's Denny Directo that she «pretty much reached out to Clayton immediately» after her initial rejection.«I got my phone back, called my parents, and then I slid into Clayton's DMs,» she recalled.

All’s well that ends well? Clayton Echard and Susie Evans’ Bachelor love story was anything but conventional, but the season 26 couple are now confident in their relationship.

The most dramatic season yet? Clayton Echard‘s Bachelor journey came to a shocking end on Tuesday, March 15, and even former ABC stars couldn’t see the twists coming.

Clayton Echard and Susie Evans shocked everyone when they revealed that they had gotten back together after their emotional breakup in Iceland on the season finale of The Bachelor. The two shared the news on the March 15 After the Final Rose special, which aired alongside The Bachelor finale. Clayton also confirmed he would be packing up and moving to Virginia to be with Susie. Now, they’re dishing on what’s next. “It’s important for us to live our lives alongside each other, and what’s most important is that we take things at our own pace,” Clayton told People. “We haven’t set a timeline for ourselves. We haven’t talked about an engagement, but we’re having fun getting to know each other and enjoying this time.”

Relationship redo! Clayton Echard and Susie Evans were reunited on The Bachelor: After the Final Rose on Tuesday, March 15, after their emotional breakup — and revealed they are giving things another try!

Clayton Echard's journey came to an end in a way no one could have expected. On Tuesday's episode of the ABC series, the Bachelor said «I love you» to his final woman, Susie Evans, but she did not return the sentiment.Clayton's relationship with Susie turned rocky during Fantasy Suites week, when he admitted to being in love with and having been intimate with both Rachel Recchia and Gabby Windey.Susie left the show in tears, unable to accept that Clayton held similar feelings for two other women.

Didn’t we almost have it all? After nearly agreeing to give it another shot on part two of The Bachelor finale, Clayton Echard and Susie Evans’ relationship ended on a sour note.