Zayn Malik has set tongues wagging as a result of his latest tattoo, which suggests he might be preparing to propose to Gigi Hadid following their pregnancy announcement.
Last week, the 25-year-old model confirmed she and Malik are expecting their first child together, after news of the pregnancy was leaked to the press.
On Wednesday, the couple’s friend George The Jeweler – who recently gifted them matching evil eye bracelets – shared a photograph on his Instagram Stories of Malik’s latest tattoo which is inspired by the subject of marriage. The photo has since been deleted.
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Fans of the singer who spotted the photograph will have noted that his left forearm bares lines from philosopher Kahlil Gibran’s poem ‘On Marriage’.
'Sing and dance together and be joyous but let each one of you be alone,’ a line from the poem reads.
'Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. Stand together, yet not too near together; For the pillars of the temple stand apart.
'And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.'
Neither Gigi nor Zayn have commented on a possible marriage but the model recently spoke about her plans for starting a family in the future.
‘I think that as I get older... well one day I’ll start a family and I don’t know if I will always be modelling,’ she told i-D magazine in February.
‘I love the creative side of fashion, it’s so fulfilling. The people I work with make me so happy, I’m so lucky to be around them. But who knows? Maybe I’ll take up full time cooking!’
Hadid is currently in quarantine with Malik and sister Bella at her mother Yolanda Hadid’s Pennsylvania farm.
Speaking for the first time about her pregnancy to Jimmy Fallon on his Tonight Show last week, Hadid said: ‘Obviously we wish we could have announced it on our own terms, but we're very excited and happy and grateful for everyone's well wishes and support.'
Hadid and Malik began dating in 2015 but have had numerous stints apart during their relationship.
Following a year-long split last January, the couple appeared to confirm they had rekindled their romance in December and were photographed walking to Yolanda's birthday meal in New York City together in January of this year.
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