I’d wager Lordon caught her when she was having a bad week, feeling particularly low and he convinced her to fly to SA where he love-bombed her. We know he was showing off his “work”, rebranding his IG and seemingly living it up in a swanky beach front apartment in Capetown… He basically catfished her. And she was vulnerable enough to fall for it. But then as soon as he got that ring back on her finger he dropped the act and went back to his lazy, culty ways, leading to a very short lived re-engagement. Just a theory.
Edit: I’d like to believe Nims Googled Garbage Gary, and when learning of his criminal past, challenged Lordon on his affiliation with him.