Gia Fleur made a dramatic and desperate return to her Sydney apartment in a bid to confront her on-screen husband Scott McCristal after he refused to answer her calls following her shock exit.

Tuesday’s episode saw the Married At First Sight bride issue TV groom Scott with a blunt ultimatum: leave with me now, or I’m going home to Melbourne.

He chose to stay.

What followed looked like heartbreak.

But behind the scenes, it spiralled into something far more chaotic.

On camera, Gia appeared to walk away for good.

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Gia Fleur (pictured) made a dramatic and desperate return to her apartment in a bid to confront her on-screen husband Scott McCristal after he refused to answer her calls following her shock exit

Off camera, she wasn’t ready to let go.

Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail, the bride has revealed she never actually made it back to Melbourne – despite telling cast and crew she was leaving.

‘I did lie. I said I was going home to Melbourne,’ she admitted.

‘I had a flight booked, I went through security… but then I waited for production to leave, walked back out, got my bags and stayed in Sydney.’

Her reasoning was simple – she believed Scott would reach out.

‘I was hoping he would call me or text me and say, “Come back”,’ she said.

But the message never came.

In the days that followed, Gia says she repeatedly tried to contact Scott – but was met with silence.

‘I texted, I called, I left voice notes… he never answered anything,’ she said.

Behind the scenes, tensions were boiling over.

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Tuesday’s episode saw the Married At First Sight bride issue TV groom Scott (right) with a blunt ultimatum: leave with me now, or I’m going home to Melbourne

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Off camera, she wasn’t ready to let go. Speaking exclusively to Daily Mail, Gia has revealed she never actually made it back to Melbourne – despite telling cast and crew she was leaving

One cast member claims Gia was increasingly frustrated that Scott was speaking to others about the situation – but refusing to speak to her directly.

‘She kept saying she just wanted a phone call,’ the insider tells Daily Mail.

‘She was like, “If you’re so mad, why didn’t you say anything to me? You talk to everyone else but not me”.’

According to the source, Gia felt blindsided by how abruptly things ended.

‘She thought it didn’t look right that he wouldn’t even call her – like he’d just cut her off completely,’ they said.

Determined to get answers, Gia made a bold decision – to return to One Global Resorts, where the show is filmed, in a last-ditch attempt to see Scott face to face.

‘I showed up with a little mission,’ she said.

‘I still had the key card to get into the rooms.’

With the help of fellow bride Bec, Gia attempted to slip into the apartment unnoticed.

‘I had Bec kind of hold the house APs so they wouldn’t see me,’ she explained.

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Determined to get answers, Gia made a bold decision – to return to One Global Resorts, where the show is filmed, in a last-ditch attempt to see Scott face to face

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‘I showed up with a little mission,’ she said. ‘I still had the key card to get into the rooms.’ With the help of fellow bride Bec, Gia attempted to slip into the apartment unnoticed

But things quickly took a turn.

‘I ran into Filip in the elevator… and he’s friends with Scott,’ she said.

‘I knew straight away he was going to tell him.’

Gia managed to make it into the apartment – but Scott wasn’t there.

Instead, he was at the gym. ‘I thought I’d wait there until he came back,’ she said.

But within minutes, production intervened.

‘They came in and said, “What the hell are you doing here? Get out”,’ she explained.

Filip had already alerted Scott to her presence.

And according to Gia, Scott made it clear he had no interest in seeing her.

‘He didn’t want to talk to me,’ she said.

With her attempt at a private conversation shut down, Gia was left with no choice but to wait until filming resumed.

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‘I had a flight booked, I went through security… but then I waited for production to leave, walked back out, got my bags and stayed in Sydney,’ Gia said

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Looking back, Gia says her decision to leave the experiment was driven by the pressure of the experience – not her feelings for Scott

‘Production said if I wanted to speak to him, I’d have to come back for the dinner party,’ she said.

For Gia, it wasn’t about rekindling the relationship – but about closure.

‘I wasn’t asking to get back together,’ she insisted.

‘I just wanted a real moment with him that wasn’t on camera.’

Looking back, Gia says her decision to leave the experiment was driven by the pressure of the experience – not her feelings for Scott.

‘I wasn’t running away from Scott,’ she said. ‘I was running away from the experiment.’

Still, she admits she hoped there was a chance to repair things.

‘I wanted to apologise… to give it one more chance,’ she said.

But by the time they finally came face to face again, it was already too late.

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Daily Mail understands that after the incident, producers swiftly decided to move her groom Scott to a different hotel to keep him safe until the final Dinner Party

‘He’d made his mind up,’ Gia said.

Gia and Scott’s relationship, once seen as one of the strongest of the season, ultimately unravelled in the space of just a few days.

What viewers will see play out on screen is a dramatic breakup.

What they won’t see is everything that happened in between: A fake flight and a secret return.

Daily Mail understands that after the incident, producers swiftly decided to move her groom Scott to a different hotel to keep him safe until the final Dinner Party.

Channel Nine was approached for comment.

Married At First Sight continues Monday at 7pm on Channel Nine.