Nolan and Marco once worked together at NolCorp, with Marco Romero being Nolan's CFO. Eventually, the two became involved romantically. After most likely a long time of dating, Marco discovers Emily Thorne's trust money that was withdrawn completely, leading Marco to believe that Nolan had stolen money from the company. Nolan tried to come clean by admitting that he gave the money to his first investor's daughter, Marco found himself disgusted by the thought of being affiliated to the alleged terrorist. Nolan then broke up with him for not understanding.