First it was Diddy, now we’re talking Kanye West walking down the aisle in 2010 !

According to a source claiming to be a friend, West has “bonded” with Rose so much so that he may just pop the question, asking the woman many have deemed ‘hot’  or at least unique due to her fashion sense and recent modeling gigs.

“He has really bonded with her since losing his mother and needs another strong woman in his life,” the source tells Britain’s Daily Star.

“He’s very serious, otherwise he wouldn’t be spending that much money on her.”

Sources say West plans to whisk Rose off to the Caribbean where he intends to propose in an eight bedroom $2000 a night villa….