'Bachelor' Peter Weber And Kelley Flanagan Take Next Step In Relationship

Maybe Peter Weber's season of "The Bachelor" turned out to be successful after all.

The former lead of the popular ABC show has been romantically linked to Kelley Flanagan and although they haven't publically confirmed their relationship status, an insider dished that the two are more than just hanging out.

"Peter and Kelley are fully dating, but they aren’t admitting it to people," a source explained to Us Weekly, adding that the reason they are keeping things discreet is due to the potential backlash they could face.

"[Kelley] has been much more careful and has been staying in her house ever since her incident with Peter while walking on the Riverwalk in Chicago and doesn’t want to be criticized all over the internet," the insider continued.

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This reported latest development in Peter and Kelley's relationship is a big leap from where there were earlier in April. During a chat with fellow former Bachelor Nick Viall on "The Viall Files" podcast, the 28-year-old pilot spoke candidly about how the two reunited after his brief stint with exes Hannah Ann Sluss and Madison Prewett.

"There's a lot of stuff that people don't know," he said. "My relationship with Kelley has been... serendipitous...She's always been supportive of me. Long story short, I wasn't working so I thought I'd go out there [to Chicago] and spend some time with her, take her mind off some [family] things."

However, when asked if the two were dating Peter flat out answered "No," though he didn't rule it out for the future.

"Do I love spending time with her? Absolutely. We're not dating," he said. "Could I see that in the future? Yeah, of course. I'd be extremely lucky and very happy if that happened."