Last night, "The Bachelor" saw one of the most shocking exits of the season when Ben Higgins dumped Caila Quinn and she had to leave the show. One day after, Quinn sat down with People to talk about her journey on the show, as well as being broken up with by the man she loved on national television.
Quinn's exit from "The Bachelor" on Monday's episode came after she revealed to Higgins that she was in love with him. Higgins did not return Quinn's feelings and instead told the two other reaming contestants, JoJo Fletcher and Lauren Bushnell that he was in love with them.
"I just feel it when he looks into my eyes, when he holds me tight, when we take a deep breath together, I just know that that is where I'm supposed to be," Quinn said to the camera after she told Higgins how she felt. "Ben doesn't have to say anything. I tell him I love him and I can see in his eyes. And I can feel in his breath that he feels the same."
"There are different stages of grief," Quinn told People of the breakup with Higgins. "The first one that hit me was anger. I felt like Ben was kind of rehearsed, and I just wanted him to be real with me."
During the interview, Quinn said that since she was able to watch the show and see how Higgins interacted with the rest of the cast, she understood more why he did not choose her.
"I can see how his relationship progressed with the other women, so that made it easier for me to understand," the 24-year-old software sales rep said. "That doesn't mean it wasn't hard. But I do see that Ben is happy and I don't want to live in the past."
Quinn revealed that she is still single and is more open to finding love now than ever before.
"I'm really happy for [final two contestants] JoJo and Lauren," she continued. "They fell hard for Ben and he opened up with them. I want to find someone who feels that passionately about me that he can't help but tell me how he feels. That will happen one day!"
"The Bachelor" airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. Tune in to the "The Bachelor: Women Tell All" episode on March 7 and the season finale on March 14.
