Love interest

/lˈʌv ˈɪntɹəst/

Love interest

objet de l'affection de

a person who is romantically or emotionally involved with another person, often a central character in a story or narrative

Exemples

1. If it's like, a love interest?

2. There's no white woman love interest.

3. Where's Ryan's love interest?

4. This is the love interest.