Alright, I've done some thinking/digging... This is pure speculation btw.
I work in the same industry as Joe (I actually have a couple shared connections with him on LinkedIn - should I add him? rofl) so can see the world from his view a bit easier. So he's CMO of RR (Rajasthan Royals) right, that's a pretty high-up role. Makes sense that he wants to move/is invited to India to pursue that as his career. He says to her "I'm going to be there for a few years, let's do this," she says yes, they're both in love so he proposes cos he thinks
shit, how good's this she's coming with me and it all seems dandy.
Then COVID hits and all his career dreams are over. The 2020 IPL season is on hold and he heads back to UK and changes his LinkedIn so others in his network know he's available. This industry is all about networking and who you know - he would've been desperate for even a contract role with a UK club or just something to keep him going. I'm lucky enough to not have been let go from my role, but if I had've, I would be straight onto LinkedIn as available. Also, because it's all up in the air - why would he sign a lease on an apartment for a year when COVID could 'disappear' at any time and he could even be back in India within a month or two.
I found
this article from end of July which quotes him as the RR CMO by the way.
Then as things in the cricket world keep moving, he's still stood down but doing work for RR because he loves it, and they mention maybe a month ago that the IPL the season will go ahead in UAE. He mentions it to Niomi - she flips it and says "oh so you're running off to another country again, I can't keep chasing after you" etc. Takes the ring off in anger, or maybe it was actually getting cleaned and she just hasn't put it back on. They fight about it, he said let's go on a break/postpone the wedding because I don't know where I'll be and when, all whilst being confined to the small apartment with Freddie.
Also let's not forget she's also got her skincare brand to launch - she can't really go overseas right now.
At first I wasn't too sure that a CMO would go to UAE but I can see that their COO is over there. Plus the IPL has plenty of money - they can send whoever they like to be with the team. My guess is he's currently isolating in UAE with the team in the resort. He's not a big IG poster anyway, and there's nothing to post about when in isolation, and she's probably told him not to. She hasn't confirmed the split because the split hasn't actually fully been confirmed, but he will be away until at least when the season sends on November 8 and then might even go back to India, and why would she want to stay with his bro who's also fed up with her shit? It's heartbreaking because they're pretty much over in her eyes, and it's all happened so fast, i.e. traumatic.
As I said though, pure speculation. And now I need to get back to work :/