Mika Abdalla and Jake Short have ended their engagement, a representative for Abdalla said, closing a relationship that began after the two met on the set of Sex Appeal in 2021. The pair are no longer together, but they remain on friendly terms and continue to support each other.
The split is drawing fresh attention because Abdalla is in the middle of filming the second season of Off Campus, where she stars as Allie. The series is based on Elle Kennedy's book The Score and will center on Allie and Dean's love story, with Stephen Kalyn playing Dean.
Abdalla and Short first crossed paths on the Sex Appeal set four years before their engagement was confirmed on Instagram. Their relationship had moved from a shared film project to a public romance, making the end of the engagement the latest change in a pairing that fans had followed for years.
Her representative said recent interest in Abdalla's personal life made it necessary to address the breakup directly. That note also leaves the one question that has not been answered: what changed between the two after years together and a public engagement.
For now, Abdalla's next move is professional, not personal. She has said she is excited to dig deeper into Allie and Dean's story, and season 2 of Off Campus remains her immediate focus even as her relationship status changes off camera.
