Nneka & Henriot in Washington, D.C.

Nneka first met Henriot when Henriot got an internship in Nneka’s department at a federal reserve bank while he was in business school. “We had a ‘secret office romance’ all summer and continued to date long-distance while he finished school,” Nneka says. Afterward, both relocated to the DC area. The Bride Nneka Lateef, 27, meeting planner The Groom Henriot St. Gerard, 30, financial analyst The Date September 3 “It is really hard to surprise Nneka, so I was at a loss as to how I should propose,” Henriot says. Remembering a Valentine’s Day they’d spent at the Omni Shoreham Hotel -- and how Nneka had admired a gazebo there -- he tricked her into heading back to pop the question. Afterward, their families were waiting inside to celebrate.