The pair met at the Chichester Yacht Club in south-east England, embarking on a whirlwind romance that found them engaged just six months later.

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Two days before Valentine's Day in 2011, Nichols was flying into Maine's Portland International Jetport when a broken lavatory plunged her into a whirlwind romance.

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Would this whirlwind of a romance even last until October 8?

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