It’s was March 2020, the very weekend before the shutdown. Chris had some friends in town from his home state of South Carolina and they attended a bar crawl to celebrate a birthday. After the crawl the group went back to Chris’s house for an after party. One of Candace’s friends-now bridesmaid, Lex- knew folks in the group that we’re celebrating the birthday weekend and invited Candace to meet her at Chris’s place as the two had made plans for a night on the town. Candace agreed, thinking it would just be a quick stop before the two would head out for the night. Little did she know she was about to meet the love of her life!

Chris’s phone rings and his doorman says, “I have a Candace here to see you.” He then turns to the room and screams over the music, “Does anyone know a Candace!”. “Yes that’s my friend,” replied Lex so Chris proceeded to tell the doorman to let her up. Little did he know that the love of his life was about to walk through that door as well.

A few moments later Candace opened the door and Chris stopped in his tracks and said “Oh! That’s Candace!” and proceeded to “make his move”. He was focused and made it no secret that he was interested in getting to know Candace.

Chris and Candace spent that Saturday night talking, laughing, dancing and enjoying each other’s energy. The next day they met up with each other at a Day Party as the bday celebration continued. There were a few drinks and maybe a VIP section. The two had their first kiss in that VIP section while rapper Roddy Ricch was playing! If you know ‘The CD’s’ this doesn’t surprise you at all. This is also why their 2 year old Rottweiler and Lab mix is so honorably named Rottie Ricch!! The kiss stunned them both and the feelings would never decrease from that moment.

The very next day Monday to world shut down! That marked the beginning of their Pandemic Love Story!!