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Darcey Silvawas less than thrilled when her ex-fiancéGeorgi Rusevmade a surprise visit to Miami.
The90 Day Fiancéalum, 48, exclusively tells PEOPLE her mindset had changed since the pair’s second engagement ended last year — and she was ready to move on.
“At the time, I was already with the matchmaker,” she shares. “I was already set within myself, confident, and I wasn’t going to let the past get to me.”
“I felt I was in my power position. I felt okay with how the past went and where the future was going for myself,” she explains. “I feel like it was a little bit of a low blow on his end. I think he had ulterior motives.”
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“Don’t you ever try to come in between my family and try to trick us because I know what you’re trying to do,” she added.
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When he tried to continue the conversation, she told him to “get away from me.”
He insisted, “I came here because I care about you. I don’t come here to cause problems … I’m not here to manipulate you. I’m here becauseI love you.”
She finally put the nail in the coffin, telling him, “I’m sorry. It’s done.”
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Darcey opened up to PEOPLE about why her relationships with exes Georgi andJesse Meester"are in the past for a reason."
“I made the right decision for me, for my daughters,” she says of her daughters Aniko, 17, and Aspen, 15. “I want them to see me empowered and strong and in a loving, happy, strong relationship.”
Darcey says she wants to set an example for her teenage daughters “because they’re going to be dating at some point.”
“I want to be the best mom I can be. I want to be the best woman I could be,” she shares. “I want to have the best partner. I want to be in a power couple, and I don’t want anyone to ever dumb me down.”
“I feel so much stronger, I feel more independent, and I love the way that my life is going,” she adds. “I don’t have any regrets, and I’m really excited [about] what the future holds.”
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source: people.com