Daniel's time in the Married At First Sight experiment was cut short when his wife Jessica walked out on their marriage, and the whole show, the day after their first Commitment Ceremony. Jess had written 'leave' but Daniel decided to stay, so they were supposed to see out another week in the experiment.

But it wasn't actually the end for Daniel.

The groom reached out to fellow new bride Carolina shortly before leaving the show because he wanted to explore a connection they'd had during a Dinner Party conversation. They flirted over a glass of wine and acknowledged the elephant in the room: Carolina's marriage to Dion.

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Then Daniel invited Carolina to work out with him at the gym. The invitation came shortly after Carolina and Dion had done the Photo Ranking challenge as part of their Crash Course Week, where Carolina's brutal honesty and placement of Dion in the bottom three of her line-up caused even more tension between the couple.

Carolina told Dion — while he was writing a heartfelt letter for her — that she was going to the gym. He had no idea she would be doing a personal training session with Daniel.

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"I had her number, we had texted back and forth a little bit, and I asked her to come hang out, come for a gym session together," Daniel told 9Entertainment of their meet-up.

"[My intention was] to explore a little bit further if what I thought was there is real, and basically just explore. Because we had only spent a couple of times together, so this might be my opportunity to gauge a bit more if I'm completely crazy or not."

During their gym catch-up, Carolina revealed to Daniel how she'd placed Dion in her bottom three grooms based on attraction and ranked Daniel second. It must have given him a confidence boost because as they parted ways he called Carolina his "future wife". He'd cheekily said to Carolina, "You owe me dinner and drinks now because I PT'd you."

Carolina also told the cameras she had felt much more "connected" to Daniel after one workout and chat compared to all the time she'd spent with Dion.

As for how his actions could have impacted Carolina and Dion's marriage, Daniel was more concerned about how Carolina felt.

"I felt a little bit bad more in the sense that I didn't want to put her, or feel like I was pressuring her," he said. "But in terms of the relationship with Dion, it was very clearly just a friendship at that point."

Married At First Sight airs Sunday at 7pm and Monday to Wednesday at 7.30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now. Catch up on every episode of MAFS for free on 9Now.

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