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Selena Gomez tactically covered her ring finger with a heart-shaped emoji during a date night with boyfriend Benny Blanco. Credit: Instagram/@selenagomez

Has Benny Blanco popped the question to Selena Gomez?

That is the question on the mind of her 425 million Instagram followers after the actress, musician and makeup mogul shared a candid snap of her getting ready for a date night with a heart-shaped emoji tactically covering her ring finger.

The photo naturally piqued the interest of her fans and sparked engagement rumours, especially given how publicly vocal the couple have been about their interest in marrying. In the photo, which you can see below, Gomez shared a mirror selfie of herself wearing a champagne-coloured slip dress and strappy heels.

Captioning the photo “a night out”, she strategically placed the symbol to cover her left hand.

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“A night out”. Credit: Instagram/@selenagomez

Earlier in the week, Gomez had attended Sephora’s Managers Conference in Las Vegas wearing Icon Denim LA’s oversized jeans and a Saint Laurent blazer. It’s not clear if their outing took place in Sin City or back home in Los Angeles, but as the saying goes, what happens there, stays there. (Especially if it involved a trip to the famous Little White Wedding Chapel!)

In May, the producer and cook told Howard Stern he could see himself marrying and starting a family with Gomez. “When I look at her, I do say, I’m always just like, ‘I don’t know a world where it could be better than this’,” he said. Later, in a profile with TIME, Gomez acknowledged his comments by saying: “He can’t lie to save his life.” If he’s asked a question, he’ll answer it,” she added.

The Only Murders In The Building star was a little more coy when it came to putting how she felt on record. “I just cherish every moment with him,” she said. “I don’t know what the future holds, but I do know that he’s not going anywhere any time soon.”

Gomez also recently called him the “love of my life” while celebrating her 32nd birthday was a beach-side soirée in Malibu. We’ll take this as confirmation she’s far from being “single soon”.