Former Love Island star Maura Higgins posted an Instagram story that showed she wasn’t staying at home on Valentine’s Day following her reported break up with Strictly Come Dancing’s Pete Wicks

Maura Higgins posted an Instagram story on Friday night that showed she was having a great time on Valentine’s Day without Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks.

Maura and Pete have reportedly called time on their on-off romance, but the former Love Island star proved she was getting along just fine without reality star Pete in a social media post in which she was “painting the town red” with celebrity hair stylist Carl Bembridge.The Instagram story featured Maura and Carl at central London restaurant Sheesh, with both of them dressed in matching burgundy outfits. While Carl sported a muscle-defining long sleeve T-shirt and leather trousers, Maura celebrated Valentine’s Day by wearing a corset-style mini dress with ruffled skirt. Maura posed for a video clip entitled “My date is hotter than yours,” and also shared photos in which she and Carl posed with a glass of red wine. The song she featured on her Instagram story was Whitney Houston’s classic It’s Not Right But It’s Okay, which features lyrics in which a woman confronts her lover about his infidelity.

Maura shared photos of her Valentine’s night out ( 
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Maura wished her fans a Happy Valentine’s Day ( 
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It is believed that Maura and Pete have decided they are better off as friends after being in an on-off relationship for several months. Rumours the long-time pals had struck up a romance began last year when they were caught sharing a kiss during a Soho dinner in August. But it now looks like the relationship is over before it even really began.

A source told MailOnline: “Maura and Pete have decided to call off their romance. There have been a few clashes, and it was eventually agreed they were better off as friends. Those closest to them know it’s been a very on and off relationship, which is why they were so resistant to go public in the first place. They remain close and share a deep connection.”

Both Maura and Pete have previously been questioned about their relationship, most recently when Maura appeared on Loose Women following her time in the jungle on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

A red-faced Maura Higgins was grilled about Pete Wicks romance rumours on Loose Women ( 
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She was left blushing when she was questioned about her supposed boyfriend Pete. When asked if she would consider appearing on the All Stars version of the ITV2 dating series that made her a household name, Maura quickly responded “no”, adding: “My dating show days are done!”

The panellists were quick to probe further into her comment, leading Maura to clarify: “I don’t want to go on a dating show, I’ve turned down All Stars before and I turned down the Celebs Go Dating. I’ve done it once and I spent the whole time in Love Island single!”

She was then asked by panellist Katie Piper if that meant she was not currently single, to which Maura replied: “No, did I say that? I know what you’re doing! No, I never said anything, next question! ” Frankie Bridge then directly asked: “Is there anything going on with Pete?” and commented that they made a lovely couple.

Maura responded: “Do we? I never really thought about it. He’s got better hair than me to be fair! There’s not really much to tell, I know that’s very boring, we’ve known each other for what, six years? We spend time together, we get on very well, our personalities are very very similar and he’s a great person but there’s actually nothing to tell. There’s really not though, no one believes me, there’s not!”