Cassie's big life move 'I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS!'

The Apprentice Aotearoa star reveals how a new romance has brought her back to New Zealand

- Rebekah Hebenton

It's been two years since Cassie Roma hit the reset button on her life.

Following the death of her best friend, she ended her marriage, packed up her life in New Zealand and moved into her parents' home in California with her teenage daughter.

After spending her entire adult life in a relationship, Cassie was determined to take time for herself and figure out who she was without a partner.

But when she speaks with the Weekly, she coyly admits there is a new love in her life.

"The second I found myself and was living the life I want, I went and did something silly - I fell in love," the former The Apprentice Aotearoa advisor grins. "I was happy being single and thought I'd be on my own forever. The next week, I met Maia." Cassie and her partner, former Football Fern captain Maia Jackson, reconnected at a speaking workshop last August. They first met 15 years earlier through a mutual friend but hadn't seen each other since. When Cassie saw Maia again, she instantly remembered the connection they once shared.