Rhys Larsen has been spi­ral­ing into despair in the wake of his breakup with Brid­get, find­ing solace in alco­hol and iso­la­tion with­in the con­fines of his hotel room. As news of King Edvard’s recov­ery shifts pub­lic atten­tion back to Rhys’s failed rela­tion­ship with Brid­get, his pain is fur­ther exac­er­bat­ed by the media’s spec­u­la­tion. Mourn­ing the loss of Brid­get, who had been instruct­ed that her des­tiny lies not with a body­guard but with nobil­i­ty, Rhys con­fronts his inad­e­qua­cy and the heartrend­ing deci­sion she made, which echoes his deep­est inse­cu­ri­ties.

In a drunk­en haze, Rhys’s reflec­tion on their sep­a­ra­tion is inter­rupt­ed by tele­vi­sion clips of Brid­get, remind­ing him of his unre­solved feel­ings and stir­ring a mix of anger, betray­al, and a stub­born resolve to reclaim their lost love. His inner tur­moil is height­ened when an unplanned vis­it from his boss, Chris­t­ian Harp­er, forces a con­fronta­tion. Chris­t­ian, pre­sent­ing both a chal­lenge and a reminder of Rhys’s pro­fes­sion­al fail­ures, cri­tiques Rhys’s lifestyle and pres­sures him to leave Eldor­ra and Brid­get behind, sug­gest­ing that his visa’s impend­ing expi­ra­tion and the futil­i­ty of his actions will only lead to more heartache.

Despite Christian’s berat­ing, which includes deroga­to­ry insin­u­a­tions about Brid­get, Rhys staunch­ly defends her hon­or, show­cas­ing his deep, albeit con­flict­ed, love for her. The con­fronta­tion esca­lates to a phys­i­cal alter­ca­tion, reveal­ing the depth of Rhys’s feel­ings and the extent he is will­ing to go to pro­tect Brid­get’s rep­u­ta­tion. Chris­t­ian, unfazed by Rhys’s threats, blunt­ly cri­tiques Rhys’s obses­sion, label­ing it as detri­men­tal love. Yet, he also acknowl­edges the sin­cer­i­ty of Rhys’s feel­ings, hint­ing at the com­plex­i­ty of their friend­ship and the inher­ent con­tra­dic­tion between ratio­nal advice and emo­tion­al impuls­es.

As Chris­t­ian urges Rhys to aban­don his futile endeav­ors and leave Eldor­ra to pre­vent fur­ther chaos, Rhys is left to grap­ple with the real­iza­tion of his pro­found love for Bridget—a love that chal­lenges his beliefs about his capac­i­ty for emo­tion and com­pels him to recon­sid­er his life’s direc­tion. The encounter with Chris­t­ian serves as a cru­cible for Rhys, crys­tal­liz­ing his feel­ings for Brid­get and push­ing him towards a deci­sive, albeit uncer­tain, future.