'The Bachelor': Susie Reveals How Soon After the Show She 'Slid Into Clayton's DMs' (Exclusive)

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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. «I was like, 'Hey, just checking in.

Would love to have one more conversation with you if you're open to it, but will also respect your boundaries either way.'»The pair ended up speaking on the phone for five hours that night, and then «talked every night after that for several weeks, before deciding to meet back up.»When it came time for that first in-person meeting, Clayton told ET that he «was nervous» about the whole thing.«We had talked about it going in that there were no expectations, let's just meet up and see where this goes,» he said. «And, of course, I want to put my best foot forward.

I wanted to speak from the heart. I wanted to hopefully see if there could be another chance.»«But I also [was] like, 'You need to respect her, respect her boundaries, listen to her, ask a ton of questions, and don't put pressure on this.

Just let it be a conversation and if at the end of the weekend it goes well, and you do all those things, then yeah, you guys may end up meeting up again,'» Clayton continued. «That's the way I took it, one conversation at a time.»After that first meeting, Susie said that she and Clayton «worked a lot to rebuild trust.» Despite her decision to initially turn him down after learning that he'd.