How Did Mikayla Nogueira Reconnect With Zach During Her Divorce From Cody?

Zach wrote to Mikayla Nogueira when he saw that she was getting a divorce, which she had talked about publicly. He said he was there if she needed someone to talk to. She started speaking with him as a friend. She says she did not have feelings for him then, and she did not think he still had feelings for her, because so much time had passed. He was supportive and kind through the divorce.

She says people ask why she started dating during the divorce. Cody and she were fully separated and not together. She knows opinions differ on dating while a divorce is underway. She says the connection with Zach grew so strongly that she would not pass on it. Months into the divorce she asked him to dinner, casual, as friends. They went to the Cheesecake Factory. She knew then that she was meant to be with him, and they talked for three hours. Afterward he texted that he wanted to be with her and would fight for her. She says they have been inseparable since.