An Affair With My Knight Chapter 44 has been released. Rita's carefully crafted smile falters when her lover, the Prince, summons her with an unsettling ultimatum: share his bed the next evening. The very notion he would entrust such intimacy to anyone – including himself – reduces Rita to numb silence. This unexpected blow wounds deeper still because Rita had begun to grasp that beneath his charming façade lay genuine affection for her; perhaps even love. She counters by concocting a devious plan born from desperation and pride. Her eyes lock onto Ryker, a rugged yet gentle soul standing watchfully at the castle gates. As an unassuming member of the palace guard, Ryker poses little threat to her reputation or future ambitions. Yet, it will take more than mere calculation to deceive the hearts of those involved. Intricate webs woven of half-truths threaten not only Rita's carefully constructed illusion but also risk suffocating the fragile green shoots of true feelings which have been taking hold among them all along. As deception bleeds gradually into authenticity, the antagonistic trio finds themselves trapped within the entangling threads of loyalty, trust, and desire, forever doomed to stumble through moral ambiguities in search of true love amidst the grand farce called life at court.