A couple of weeks ago, Liam Payne sparked rumours he was dating Cheryl Fernandez-Versini after posting this photo to his Instagram account:

Cheryl and Liam first met in 2008, the first time he auditioned for The X Factor. At the time, he was 14 and she was 24.

Liam has since deleted the first photo from his Instagram, but he did post this photo a few days later, with the caption "😏".
Cheryl also tweeted this ~cryptic~ message after the couple received criticism from fans due to their age gap.

So, while they were both happy to post about their maybe-relationship on social media, neither Cheryl nor Liam were really confirming anything.
Until now. Because yesterday was International Women's Day, and Liam posted this photo of Cheryl to his Instagram:

Alongside THIS caption:
