This farmer has found love – but not with the woman fans might expect. 

In the season 3 finale of Fox’s reality dating series Farmer Wants a Wife, Colton Hendricks chose Zoë Green over Keeley Goldberg, inviting the 22-year-old nurse from Florida to join him on his Arkansas farm – and potentially become a stepmom to his young son, Souther. 

“I have Souther, as you know, and he’s a huge part of my life, and he takes up a lot of time,” Colton said in the May 22 episode. “There’s just a lot of things that kind of raise concern for me on how our relationship would work being long-distance. But there’s really not anybody else I’d try to make it work with other than you. If you were open to something like that.”

“I would love that,” Zoë replied.

“Cowboy might have found a wife,” Colton added later. “I don’t know. We’ll have to check and see later on.”

Colton from ‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ Season 3 introduces his new girlfriend

Unfortunately, it seems that Colton and Zoë’s romance didn’t last. Shortly after the season 3 finale, Colton revealed that there was a new woman in his life. 

Colton, 28, introduced his new lady in an Instagram post he shared a few days after the season ended. 

“My baby, she makes me feel like a king,” he captioned the post, which also included a video of a woman riding a horse. Over the video, he added the text “a true horsewoman” and two heart emojis. 

While Colton didn’t initially reveal the mystery woman’s identity, it seems her name is Cassie and she’s involved in “horse sales, training, and breeding.” 

“Love you,” Cassie wrote in the comments of Colton’s post.

“I love you,” Colton replied, along with a heart emoji. 

The updates left Farmer Wants a Wife fans baffled and wondering what had gone wrong between Colton and  Zoë.

“So you didn’t end up with the girl you picked … you weren’t on the show to find a wife you just wanted attention,” one person wrote. 

Another fan said they were happy Colton had found love but that the breakup with Zoë made them “wonder now is the show real.”

So far, Colton hasn’t commented on his and Zoë’s breakup. But as he hinted in the finale, it seems likely that distance was an issue for the couple. 

Zoë calls ‘Farmer Wants a Wife’ an ‘unforgettable journey 

Zoë has also been keeping quiet about her and Colton’s relationship status. But in a post-finale Instagram post, she call the show’s last episode “a beautiful ending to an unforgettable journey.”

“Forever grateful for this moment, everything it has taught me, and all the incredible people I met along the way,” she wrote. “A huge thank you to the cast and crew for everything they did for us—your hard work made this experience so special for us all. And to top it off, Colt caught us an Armadillo for finale night.” 

Farmer Wants a Wife Season 3 is streaming on Hulu. 

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