To take next step?

Kate Upton and Justin Verlander have been an item for almost two years. And despite rumours that their relationship may have hit the skids recently, the opposite appears to be true after the couple was spotted on an intimate dinner date earlier this week.

According to the Daily Mail, Verlander and Upton took in a date night in Beverly Hills earlier this week, prompting dismissal of the notion that their relationship was on the rocks.

The couple had been dating in 2013 before Kate broke things off to date Dancing With The Stars pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy. But Justin and Kate ended up back together in 2014, and have been apparently going strong ever since. Hollywood Take is even speculating the pair will be taking it to the next level soon, reporting that Verlander and Upton may be engaged soon.

It wouldn’t be a surprise if the couple ultimately took the plunge and made it official, considering how compatible the two seem to be. Upton was recently quoted in an ESPN article, recounting the day Justin Verlander wanted to get “blackout drunk” following an especially bad outing on the baseball diamond that night. And instead of refusing him, Kate just went along, knowing it wasn’t that big a deal. The fact that it was also her birthday and she squashed her plans to help him through the ordeal only further relates the possibility the pair could soon become officially engaged.