Divorced After Being Neglected for 9 years, the Former Duchess Opens a Dessert Cafe | Manhwa Recap

Anastasia the highest ranking lady in the Empire is currently being handed divorce papers by her husband she was the daughter of a fallen Noble family that took on the roles of Duchess and future Empress she tormented the poor lady who really loved the Duke she was an indecent woman who had many Affairs while pretending to be a good wife had eight arms and wings and could breathe fire through her nose just kidding every bad statement about her was a lie when Anastasia was young she dreamt of a fairy tale ending for her where she marries a prince and lives happily ever after when she came of age a messenger from the Imperial Palace came and informed her family that the emperor wanted her to marry the Duke of lenburg at that moment Anastasia thought her dream had come true August the Duke of lenburg was the son of the deceased Prince and the eldest grandson of the current Emperor he was strong intelligent handsome and Charming the messenger informed Anastasia's parents that the emperor wants his grandson to marry immediately and since no other suitable Noble lady is of age Anastasia was selected for this role well since Anastasia's family had fallen from grace and had a huge debt to their name the emperor promised to help them financially in exchange for the marriage I can already State 10 reasons why this marriage may not work out well Anastasia was happy that she could help her family and she gladly accepted the marriage proposal she worked hard to be a good Bride for the Duke and got married to him in a grand ceremony she found that her husband was a caring and gentle person but that illusion did not last even one day on their first night August told Anastasia that he didn't intend to spend the night with her as a married couple he clearly told her that this marriage was just a formality and left her alone with those harsh words Anastasia was devastated by that only later did she come to know that August had a lover from a lower ranking Noble family that he had kept hidden ever since his teenage years almost everyone knew about it except for Anastasia's family who had no means to be in the High Society Gatherings when the emperor learned about his grandson's desire to make a low ranking woman the next Empress he immediately took action that action was the arranged marriage between August and Anastasia it was too late when she learned this truth and for the next 90 years she suffered in a marriage unlike the rumors Anastasia was not blinded by jealousy and did not torment August's lover she was not lavish or arrogant and she did her best in the capacity of a duchess the only way August could get a divorce from her was by dragging her character through the mud and he accused her of infidelity so without doing anything Anastasia became the recipient of scorn and blame she had wanted a divorce earlier but could not speak out against the emperor's command but now as she has received the divorce papers from the Duke himself there is no need to worry August tells her that it doesn't matter if she cries and begs the emperor because he doesn't plan to rethink his decision but as Anastasia agrees to sign the papers he is startled is it an attention seeking syndrome that I see Anastasia happily signs the papers and hands them over to him and he is stunned she tells him that she already sold whatever valuable thing was in her room so his new wife can freely redecorate the place she claims that she knew that the new Duchess would throw away everything anyway so she sold everything for dirt cheap Anastasia then Smiles saying that since both of them had affairs allegedly she won't ask for Alam money but she needs her dowy back August asks her what she wants to do with the chump change Anastasia Chuckles that for the past 9 years he didn't even care about what she did and now that they are divorced he is curious about her still she decides to give him an answer Anastasia looks at the desserts on the table and tells her ex-husband that she is going to open a dessert cafe this was a dream that Anastasia had forgotten for a long time she wanted to bake various types of Breads and cakes whose Aroma could warm anyone's heart just like she did when she was little Anastasia's mother taught her the art of baking and preparing sweets the young Anastasia was blown away by The Taste and her mother told her a secret she claimed that her side of the family has a Keener and better sense of taste than even the Imperial family she told Anastasia that since she is her daughter she also has that enhanced sense and she will also be able to make delicious sweets with it Anastasia was happy to hear this and declared that when she grows up she will open a store filled with delicious cakes back to the present she has finished packing her stuff and cleaning up she looks at her room and thinks that she will never come here again her maid Melody cannot stop crying because Anastasia is going to leave now Anastasia asks her to stop crying and thanks her for serving her all these years Melody suddenly requests that she take her along and hire her as a maid Anastasia is torn now actually their empire had recently gotten acquainted with the taste of coffee and its popularity among Nobles quickly Rose because of this there were special servants whose only task was to make and serve coffee melody was in charge of Anastasia's coffee and other Beverages and she was the only person in the palace close to her Anastasia believes that Melody will surely be of great help to her in the future but as of now she doesn't have enough money to hire her suddenly Mrs Brenan the headmate of the palace arrives there she rudely asks Anastasia if she is done packing because the maids are waiting to clean up after her well it is not the first time that brenon has been hostile towards Anastasia for the past 19 years she has been acting to bring her reputation down by remarking that she is a mannerless commoner Anastasia knows that Mr brenon is one of August's men and he adopted the Duke's lover to allow her into High Society during the past 9 years Anastasia has endured the head maid's harassment for the sake of her family but now she doesn't need to do it her father who is upset to see her being neglected in the palace went to fight in Wars to strengthen her position in the Empire he led the Empire to Victory but did not come back alive soon after that Anastasia's mother fell ill and died apologizing to her for sending her to a hellish household now Anastasia has no family and she wants to live proudly to honor them she tells Brenan that she will be leaving now so the n nasty maid turns to Melody and asks her what she is doing here Melody says she was here to bid Anastasia farewell and Brian slaps her for talking back to her this lady has some serious misunderstandings disorders she tells Melody to immediately get back to work and Anastasia is not happy to see that she decides to pay back the grumpy old woman for 9 years and tells her that she is fired brenon scoffs saying that Anastasia doesn't even have the power to fire her anymore because she is not a duchess well Anastasia may not be the D chess but she has something that gives her all the authority she needs she takes out the Seal of the empress from her bag and using it she can handle all Affairs of the Imperial Palace the empress died long ago and so did August's mother who would have been the next Empress that is why Anastasia who is currently the highest ranking woman in the palace has the empress seal Brennon tells Anastasia that she only got it because she was the Duchess and Anastasia replies that the emperor personally entrusted it to her regardless of the title she declares that firing her will be her final Act Brenan scoffs asking her to do as she pleases because when the new Duchess comes she will get her job back Anastasia knows that too but she asks the maid how long that will take the emperor is out for war and that is why August proceeded with the divorce without his authorization even when the emperor returns he won't give August permission to marry his lover so easily and Brennan will probably be unemployed for a couple of years at least the head mid finally understands her position and Anastasia tells her that since she is no longer The Duchess she is now the Marquee of briia and the wife of a knight has no right to treat her impolitely well Brian takes out her rage on Melody saying that she will deal with her when she gets back Anastasia tells her that she can't fulfill that fantasy of hers either because she is taking Melody with her she asks the kind maid to come with her and work in her dessert cafe Melody is really happy to hear that and she accepts the offer that was a harsh decision for Anastasia because she can't hire an employee with her financial condition but she couldn't leave Melody to suffer here either with that Anastasia bids goodbye to Brennon and leaves her room the former head made screams at her to never come back and Anastasia smirks thinking that she will not return even if they beg her to once they are in the hallway Anastasia asks Melody to bring her stuff she then starts thinking about how she feared she would lose everything with her title as Duchess but when she signed the divorce papers she was overwhelmed by a sense of freedom on the other hand August is in his office and he cannot get the image of Anastasia declaring that she will open a dessert cafe out of his mind he is a bit dulu and wonders if that statement was because of the shock of divorce he still remembers the first time they met and how she seemed like a decent girl he believes that if the emperor had not forced him to marry her he would not have treated her so badly well nothing's going to change even if you regret it now Idiot suddenly a servant enters the room and gives August a letter from the emperor without even looking at it August can tell that it must be an order to cancel the the divorce so he doesn't bother opening it also the servant gives him a pastry sent by August's lover Serena he grinds his teeth on seeing it and tells the servant to get rid of it wait what is this jerk's problem meanwhile Anastasia and Melody are in the city and they begin looking for a place to live they visit a real estate agent and Anastasia says that she needs a house with a shop attached to it she has some demands about Security Storage and price and the agent has something that matches her conditions he brings her to a shop and house in the quieter part of the city the shop looks nice the neighborhood is also decent and they also have all the furniture in the shop to use as they please there's also a garden behind the house and the house is quite spacious the agent asks Anastasia if she likes it and she believes that the place might not be the best for business but it is appropriate for two ladies to stay she purchases the house and begins cleaning but Melody doesn't want her to do the cleaning Anastasia decides to leave that to her and goes to the kitchen instead to prepare lunch for the M themselves first she finds some lemons in the garden and their smell takes them down the Nostalgia train her mother taught her how to make lemon curred cream using lemons and butter which goes very well with pie and mering Anastasia prepares the same sweet and sour lemon mering pie and Melody is enticed by its smell as Melody takes the first bite of the cream and Mora she feels that she is transported to another dimension she asks Anastasia who taught her to cook and Anastasia replies that she learned it from her mother she states that that her mother did not like lemons because they were a symbol of pain and hardship in her paternal home despite that she made lemon pies often for her Melody asks her why lemons are a symbol of pain and Anastasia recalls how she asked the same question to her mom once she just said it was because they were sour so they took when life gives you lemons too seriously well Anastasia's mom said that despite being sour they can be used to make something sweet and that shows we can overcome all hardships in our lives this is as farfetched as some Flat Earth theories out there Anastasia believes her mother's words and she even made lemon pie in the palace one time and shared it with someone special she realizes that she could not bid the young boy goodbye unaware that he is all grown now and has just returned to the capital meanwhile Brennan is throwing a tantrum upon being fired by Anastasia in Susan's room she tries to gain her sympathy and says that when Susan becomes The Duchess she will surely reinstate her sassin acts all innocent when obviously she is not she asks Brendan about the Cafe that Anastasia has opened in the city and the former head mid asks if they should do something to stop her susin says that she shouldn't worry too much about it she claims that she doesn't know too much about cooking but a cafe can't possibly work without coffee suin has always known that there are constant watchful eyes taking note of her every action in The Palace even after August divorced Anastasia some people were uncertain that sassan would become the next Duchess because after all she was of a lower standing among the Nobles they had not recognized her even after she became the adopted daughter of count brenon despite that she had to keep acting kind to everyone to win over them sassin does not care about any of that as long as she can stay besides August she visits him in the palace hallways and greets him with a heart full of love they start walking together and Susan asks August to come with her to a ball at her friend's home then suddenly a blackhaired man arrives there addressing August as his brother August asks him if he wasn't supposed to be by the emperor's side and the man replies that the atmosphere there was quite bad because their grandpa was in a bad mood so he returned earlier neither August nor his girl are happy about this the man in front of them is Arch duuk Felix ryom the second in line to the throne and August's brother well he is not his real brother the ryom family has been separated from the Imperial family for Generations but they are still treated as royalty Felix's father the former Arch dukee sacrificed his life to save August's dad who decided to adopt Felix as his son to repay his friends sacrifice sassin greets Felix but he ignores her like my crush ignores my DMs and asks August where his sister-in-law is sassin is embarrassed and August asks him why he wants to know about his wife's address former wife you mean Felix replies that she has been part of their family for 9 years so he is curious about her as is their grandfather August is pissed as he hears this and he tells Felix that if the old Emperor is so curious about Anastasia he should come here and find her himself he leaves with with that and tells Susan that he can't come with her to the ball tonight because he is busy now Felix is left alone and he wonders where Anastasia can be well she is in her store baking different flavored macarons she is Satisfied by how they look and in the meantime Melody has finished Brewing some coffee for her they sit down to have the macarons with coffee and find that they form the Perfect combo they praise each other and say that they make the best team then Melody shilly asks Anastasia what she thinks of displaying their pretty food items on the window to attract customers since real desserts will spoil quickly she plans to create models using cotton and plaster instead is that the medieval version of a menu Anastasia approves and Melody says she will make them soon she then remarks that they are running out of coffee beans and asks Anastasia when the batch they ordered will come well speak of the devil and they hear a knock on the door as they go outside they find the coffee beans they ordered delivered to them in large wooden crates all this coffee costs 300 gold because all the right to the coffee business belong to the arten family Anastasia knows that they cannot complain about the price because of the Monopoly and they are lucky that they could buy it this time however as they open a crate to check its contents they are shocked by disgusting and smelly coffee beans on further inspection Anastasia finds that they are not only damaged and eaten by pests but also slightly fermented Melody asks the delivery man about the state of the coffee beans because she ordered only the highest grade beans he replies that the quality of the order is is not in his hands and he delivered what was asked of him he tells her that if they are not satisfied they can place another order but it will not be delivered before 2 months Melody panics and asks for a refund but the man says that they are not refundable while they argue Anastasia thinks about the condition of their order she believes that coffee beans are a high value commodity and thus they should be handled with great care even if there can be some problems in storing and transporting the condition of the coffee beans she has received it is inexcusable Anastasia thinks that it might have been done on purpose by someone Melody is worried because they can't open the cafe without the beans but Anastasia holds her hand and tells her that there is no reason to worry she stops the delivery boys and asks them to transport the crates to another location and she even pays them for it at night Anastasia dresses up in formal attire and goes to the glare Mansion a gambling house exclusive to Nobles and aristocrats the guard recognizes her so he takes her inside Anastasia finds that it is fancier than the rumors she has heard she asks a servant about the location of vicount Art and he directs her to a room on the second floor Anastasia knows that the art family earned a lot of money by securing the rights to the Monopoly of trading in coffee beans and the current family head spends almost all that money gambling she reaches his room and finds a man who looks exactly like you would picture a drunk Rich Man Who wastes all his money gambling Anastasia greets him and the vicount doesn't seem to be glad to see her she tells him that she is here to do business and he tells tells her that if she wants to gamble she should return to the lower floors Anastasia replies that she just wants to discuss the terrible product he sold her and she takes a seat art smiles thinking that she cannot do anything since the Duke has kicked her out he asks her if she didn't like the product and Anastasia tells him that she liked it so much that she sent them all to the Imperial Palace where she is sure that the Duke will like them that hits aren't like a thunderbolt and he jolts up asking Anastasia if she didn't buy the coffee beans for her store he panics because he knows that the quality of the beans is so bad that Even Rats won't eat them Anastasia shows him the documents confirming her order saying that she paid 300 gold coins for the high quality beans AR is furious that she is trying to mess with him because he has heard that she is a stupid girl he mocks Anastasia's effort to intimidate him and says that he can always put the blame for the bad quality on some servant and avoid the Duke's wrath he tells Anastasia that he will return her money too but in exchange she should forget buying coffee again Anastasia realized izes that he wants to do it the hard way so she tells him that while the Imperial family may forgive his mistakes the other Merchants won't she asks aren't how the other Merchants will react when they find that someone who can't even ensure the quality of his products is monopolizing the coffee business she believes that they may unite against him and the vicount panics on hearing that Anastasia knows that in the past she would have accepted her fate and laughed like a fool but not anymore she tells art that if he wants to protect his Monopoly he must sell her the right cost coffee beans and she will immediately call back the coffee beans from the Imperial Palace after some thought art tells her that he will send 300 gold worth of highquality coffee beans to her but Anastasia tells him to do double or nothing she asks him to pay for her expenses and the time and effort she took to reach him and thus demands to get coffee worth 600 gold instead art complains that it is too much for reparations and Anastasia says that they cannot talk in that case she begins to leave but the vicount panics and with a bitter expression accepts her conditions Anastasia smiles and tells him that it was a wise decision and then leaves his room as she is happily walking back a drunk man suddenly grabs her arm and asks her to spend a night with him in exchange for money he keeps pestering her even when she tells him to let go so Anastasia kicks him hard and throws him to the ground he starts cursing her and Anastasia decides to leave quickly because she doesn't want things to turn more Troublesome than they already are however just then Duke August arrives there Anastasia is not pleased to run with him in a gambling House of all places but still bows to him on a positive note at least the drunk man now realizes his position and immediately apologizes to the Duke for being disrespectful to the lady August tells him he is not the one he should apologize to and the man apologizes to Anastasia after dismissing him August glances at Anastasia and taunts that he did not expect to see her in a place like this well she claps back saying that she also did not know he had such a hobby and asks if susin knows about it August flinches on hearing that but then quickly changes the topic he tells Anastasia to request alamon if she wants money instead of coming to gamble she tells him that he is misunderstanding things and she is just here for something related to her business August is surprised to hear this and asks if she is really planning to open a cafe he is stunned when Anastasia affirms and then says that she doesn't need to go to such lengths to get revenge on him and susin Anastasia is shocked because she never hoped that the Duke would be the president of dulu land she wonders how someone can be so narcissistic as to make everything about himself seeing his face Anastasia recalls the time when suain pretended to be hurt by her soon everyone started talking about how she was jealous of the Duke's true love even August heard about the exaggerated rumors and told Anastasia not to bully sassin she was hurt as she realized that he had no place for her in his heart well now she can tell him clearly what is on her mind Anastasia says that he or his girlfriend are not the reason she is St stting a cafe it has always been her dream since childhood to open a small Cafe and live a peaceful life with someone she loves she believes that August will never understand her dreams all his life it is true because he doesn't understand what she meant Anastasia decides to take her leave but he stops her saying that even though their relationship has been strained for the past 9 years he does not want to see her suffer he tells her that if she ever needs money or anything else she can ask him and he will make sure that she lives comfortably anast feels that if he had said this while they were married she would have been happy like a fool however now she has no place for the Duke in her heart she bows before August telling him that she doesn't need his money but if he wants to do something for her he may ensure that they don't meet each other again she leaves telling him not to Harbor any interest in her business anymore and August is left speechless and Confused well he had some other things to tend to and he entered a secret room with a servant August asks the servant if he has sent the money over and he replies that he has done it and they will receive weapons within a month the Duke is satisfied to hear that and only God knows what he is planning meanwhile Anastasia returns to her home exhausted in more ways than one she enters the shop and tells Melody that they will get the right coffee beans soon to her surprise there is a guest in the store and as he turns to face Anastasia she recognizes him as Gabriel Anastasia is surprised to see him here because he was ordered by the emperor at the southern border Gabriel replies that he came as soon as the war ended and then heard about Anastasia's situation he feels guilty for the divorce and says that if he had confronted the situation before leaving for the South she would not have been wrong Anastasia Just Smiles at Gabrielle who is the current head of the order of the Holy sword and also her dear childhood friend ever since they were young Gabrielle and Anastasia were close one day he closed her eyes and took her to a surprise birthday party he threw he had learned how to make cake from his mom and prepared a birthday cake for Anastasia she was happy to eat it and G Gabriel was happy to see that she liked it that day he promised that he would make a birthday cake for her every year he could not keep that promise because as he turned 14 he left to attend the military academy within 2 years he became a knight and Anastasia moved back to her family Mansion making it impossible for them to meet then 13 years later Anastasia heard about the new head of the order of the Holy sword at a party she was getting bored at the party when suddenly Gabriel found her as he greeted her Anastasia immediately recognized too she was overjoyed to see her childhood friend and they chatted to catch up on the Lost Years Anastasia was proud that Gabriel became the order of the Holy sword just by his hard work and without any connections he was also concerned about Anastasia after hearing the news about August and susin he asked her if she was doing fine and expressed concern about her ailing mother Anastasia was moved because she had not been treated with such genuine care in a long time being with Gabriel made her nostalgic and she found that he was still the gentle and kind boy knew they began meeting more often after that and Anastasia took care to meet only in public places with many people present so that no rumors started about them however one night as she was walking in the garden Anastasia found Gabriel unconscious and injured in the bushes she panicked and checked his wound to find that it was poisoned Anastasia knew that Gabriel was infected by the devil's poison which could prove fatal if left untreated as she worried about his health a bunch of noble ladies led by sassin arrived at the Garden Anastasia tried to hide Gabrielle from them because if someone is infected by the devil's poison chances are that they can turn into a demon she knew that Gabriel would get executed if it was found that he was poisoned so she hid with him in the bushes he came to his senses and noticed that Anastasia had found out about his injury Anastasia promised to keep his secret but he just told her to return to the Palace because staying here with him is dangerous for her Anastasia didn't want to leave him alone but then she heard the voice of someone nearby so she put her hand on Gabriel's mouth to shut him up and waited for the people to go away instead sassin and her party emerged from behind the bushes and saw Anastasia and Gabriel in the risque position it did not take long before rumors spread about her and the night Commander hiding in the bushes at night everyone thought that the young Duchess who had been neglected by her husband was enjoying the company of a handsome night the news reached even the old Emperor and he called Anastasia to ask for an explanation she could not tell him about the poison and insisted that what they had done was immoral the emperor decided to send Gabrielle to the southern border to finish the battles there soon after that August divorced Anastasia citing her infidelity as a reason Anastasia always thought that the timing of him being injured and them being found out was suspicious on top of that he had told her that he was already feeling weird but then had a drink that made things weird she believes that if someone were targeting Gabriel it would have been better to report him being poison rather than set up such an elaborate trap that means that the Trap was set to harm her reputation an Asia believes that the person who tried poisoning Gabriel with a drink only wanted to stir up a controversy and the devil's poison was lying dormant in his body until it reacted with another poison now Gabriel tells Anastasia that he will reveal everything that happened and restore her honor but she replies that it is all right she claims that the entire Fiasco was a plot to create a reason for the divorce she tells Gabriel that even if he reveals the truth she has no intention to return to the Palace that will only make him the villain for not telling the story ear Gabriel doesn't care as long as Anastasia is proven innocent and she realizes that he is too stubborn she tells him that she is content with her new life and then Whispers in his ear that she is really relieved to be divorced after that she asks if he is better now and he replies that the poison is under control after he took some special medicine from the north Anastasia is glad and says that she doesn't want him to be in danger again and Gabriel blushes Anastasia then instructs him to reveal the truth to the world only after he is completely cured of the poison she asks him to promise and Gabriel agrees after that Anastasia decides to whip up something delicious for him and heads to the Garden Gabriel follows her there and helps her pick tomatoes Anastasia asks him if he remembers that they used to make cakes for each other when they were nine he obviously remembers it because it is a core memory the 9-year-old Anastasia made him a birthday cake and excitedly asked him to try it Gabriel told her that it was delicious and truly so because he has still not forgotten the taste of that cake cake Anastasia says that it was truly a mess but she was really happy that he liked it on hearing that Gabriel starts complaining that the cake he made for her was worse and Anastasia just laughs at him as they talk and laugh Gabrielle thinks about how he always wanted to stand by Anastasia's side even when they grew up and he obviously means that in terms of marriage he knew that those who made great contributions in war are awarded honor and Fortune so he went to the dangerous North to become a man worthy of standing next to Anastasia however as he was Gathering courage to propose to her he read the news about Anastasia getting married to Duke August he was devastated and soon came to learn rumors about how she was a characterless wife who was jealous of the Duke's Lover he tried to enter the Imperial Palace to support her but instead he made things worse because of the poison he feels that he has been nothing but a burden to Anastasia suddenly she tells him that she has harvested enough tomatoes and he volunteers to carry them for her Anastasia thanks him for his kindness and tells him to be more proud of himself because there are many people in the world who wouldn't do this as she keeps talking and walking ahead Gabriel thinks about how he decided to give up on Anastasia after her marriage and hoped that she would be happy but now that she is single and available on The Dating Market again he wants to stay beside her he feels that his thoughts are Shameless because she was falsely accused because of him Gabriel swears that even if he is never truly cured of the poison he will reveal the truth to the world for Anastasia's sake and until that time he wants to stay by her side once they reach inside Anastasia begins preparing to cook tomato stew Melody asks her if tomato stew is not a hard dish and Anastasia replies that it is easier than most people think first she fries beef in a hot pan then adds the chopped vegetables and stir fries them together finally she adds the broth made with tomatoes and spices and boils it until it is ready Anastasia then presents the special tomato stew to Gabriel hoping that it suits the taste of the night Commander as soon as he has the first bite Gabriel feels like he was struck by lightning and he quickly gobbles up everything he tells Anastasia that this stew is the most delicious thing he has ever eaten and none of the northern Delicacies can compare to it even Melody is proud of Anastasia's cooking and says that all the ingredients are in perfect harmony with each other both of them praise Anastasia saying that once she opens the store it will surely be a huge hit Gabriel asks her if she has thought of a name and Anastasia replies that she has had a name ready for the longest time she wants to name it lemon tree because of its special reference in her mother's stories meanwhile suain is attending the party at count Flynn's Mansion the noble ladies praise her beauty and then remark that everyone has heard the news that the dupe divorced his wife because she was cheating sassin is about to ride that news and gain sympathy when Felix arrives at the party and everyone's attention goes towards him Felix averts his gaze as susin turns towards him and she knows that he still hates her she had tried to get on friendly terms with him in the past since he is August's only brother but even since his his teen years he has been treating her like she is invisible she doesn't want to be ignored by him in front of everyone so she tells her friends that she needs to see her adoptive dad and goes away soon rumors about the shop Anastasia Open start spreading at the party and Felix hears them them the women talk about how the former Duchess has opened up a cafe on the outskirts of the capital probably because she wants to avoid people who know about her scandal with Gabriel another woman says that the two lovers might even be living together already suddenly Felix approaches the women and asks them what they mean when they say lovers they are startled when they see him and they immediately spring to their feet Felix apologizes for startling them and for not listening to their conversation the girls start sing for his good looks immediately and say that he doesn't need to apologize he then asks them if there is any truth to the rumors about his sister-in-law but now the girls are silent because the emperor has forbidden any conversations About It Felix tells them that he is just asking it out of curiosity and it will never reach the emperor's ears the redhead thinks that since Felix is the favorite grandchild of the emperor it might not be a problem to talk to him about the rumors she then narrates the story about Anastasia being found in the palace garden with Gabriel but drops the disclaimer that she didn't see it and asks Felix not to quote her on it after that she says that the former Duchess has also opened a cafe outside the capital after her divorce the redhead is getting more confident now and she claims that the cafe is just an excuse and Anastasia is is just meeting her lover there after hearing it all Felix coldly asks her if she witnessed any of this herself the redhead stammers and says that she heard it from a friend who heard it from her husband who heard it from the guards who heard it from the maids Felix asks if the maids saw it themselves or if they also heard it from the birds and trees in the garden and the redhead can't say anything else he lectures her about talking nonsense even as if she personally witnessed it and the redhead realizes she messed up she knows that Felix might act friendly but he is the only Arch dukee of the Empire and the emperor favors him a lot she begs for his forgiveness and Felix tells her that if she wants to keep living she better stop talking nonsense from now on the girl needs support from her friends after that and Felix walks out he goes to the balcony and thinks about how the story is riddled with loopholes there are countless people of various classes entering the palace each day if Anastasia really wanted to meet a lover she would have used one of the secret rooms a secret meeting in a garden seems absurd not to mention that Anastasia is not the person to do that suddenly one of Felix's guards arrives there with a message from the south saying that the emperor is returning to the capital on the other hand on the outskirts of the Capal a woman is having trouble with the hot climate she wants to take a break from her errand when she suddenly spots a cafe the woman has not seen the building here before and she enters it she is surprised to see that it is a cafe that sells coffee because they are only found in the capital however the place looks clean and they seem to have some some good items on display the woman sits down while looking around and then Melody comes to take her order she is anxious about the taste of the food they serve so she orders just one iced tea well it was her lucky day because she gets two scones free with the ice tea as it is the opening treat of the cafe the woman thinks that she should have bought a lottery ticket to use her luck properly but as she takes a bite of the scone she finds that her luck was rightly used here it is the best scone she has ever had and Anastasia comes to her to receive praise for it the woman is stunned to see her beauty and proceeds to eat the scone with strawberry jam and iced tea because the food is tasty she even orders a pastry with a fancy French name that I can't pronounce the taste of the pastry blows her away but she is just the first of the many customers Anastasia welcomes in her shop she soon runs out of free scones and happily makes a fresh batch of cookies for her guests however as she returns to the cafe from her kitchen she finds it silent Melody nervously comes to her and Anastasia asks her what is happening it turns out that they have some really important guests an experienced Butler greets Anastasia and tells her that the emperor wants to see her 9 years ago the emperor apologized to Anastasia after he learned that his grandson had been ignoring her he knew that he would retaliate but he did not hope that he would go to such lengths to show his disapproval Anastasia was left speechless by this and couldn't say anything she told the emperor that she was grateful for what he had done for her parents the emperor then promised to protect her from everything for as long as he lived back to the present the customers are curious about what is happening while the butler talks with Anastasia she asks him if it is the emperor's order to have her return to the palace and the butler says that it is not an order but a favor Anastasia is glad that the emperor is still on her side she asks the butler to thank him on her behalf but clearly states that she has no plans to return to the Palace the butler is about to take his leave but then Anastasia quickly packs some jam-filled cookies and asks him to present her humble gift to the emperor the butler soon reaches the the emperor's room and lays out the cookies on a plate while telling him what Anastasia said the emperor expected that but he still feels bitter about what passed he summons August immediately and suggests that he might already know the reason he called him here August says that their divorce was mutual and if both parties in a marriage want to end it it is only the right thing to do the emperor says that they were the future Emperor and Empress not just any ordinary couple well August rorts by saying that Anastasia was involved in an affair and he could not let her Dam Dage the reputation of the Imperial family the audacity and the hypocrisy the emperor also sigh on hearing that and wonders how August turned out like this when Felix is a good boy and he raised both of them alike he remembers the time when August told him that he obeyed his order to marry Anastasia but that is where it ends the emperor asked him if he would continue to neglect his wife while bringing his lover into the palace and he fell silent the emperor still wants Anastasia to be August's wife and the future Empress he tells his grandson that there is no concrete evidence that Anastasia was indeed involved in a scandal he tells August that his ex-wife was Loki too good for him the jerk August has a smug smile on his face and tells his grandfather that as always he shows favoritism towards Anastasia he tells the old man that if he wants her to be the empress so badly he should just marry him and make her the empress right away the emperor trembles in Rage and splashes his tea at August's face if he spoke like that to my grandpa he would be found in a bag at the bottom of the river August is a asked by what his grandfather just did and as he cleans his face the old Emperor tells him to ask Anastasia to return he refuses saying that the woman agreed to the divorce as well the emperor says that their divorce is invalid because they did it without informing him as their only Guardian in the emperor it was necessary that they obtain his consent before their divorce but they did not August is still adamant but then the emperor tells him that it is not a request but an order soon August storms into his room where suan is surprised to see him he yells at everyone to get out and as Susan asks him if something is wrong he scowls and asks if she didn't hear him the first time once she is out sassin realizes that August's conversation with the emperor did not go well at first she thought that if she kicked Anastasia out of the palace she could become The Duchess in fact she was the one who drugged Gabriel so that he might make a move on Anastasia to ensure divorce the drug did not work as intended but it worked out somehow susin thought that the emperor would lose faith in Anastasia and accept her but instead of that the old man has doubled down and refused to declare August as his Crown Prince now she is furious and wonders just what she lacks in comparison to Anastasia sassan wonders if the emperor will finally give up on her if she disappears on the other side rumors are spreading that a pastry chef who used to work at the Imperial Palace has started a cafe in the suburbs people talk about how even the butler of the emperor came personally to call the chef back to the Palace this is free publicity for Anastasia even though half of it is imaginary the freckled Ginger who was Anastasia's first customer is telling her friends that she saw the carriage with the Insignia of the Imperial family in front of the cafe so the chef is definitely related to the Imperial family her friends are curious about the level of dishes in the cafe and the ginger girl says that she finds their table wear very luxurious she uses this as proof that the owner of the restaurant is not an ordinary Chef suddenly a shy girl approaches them and says that the owner of the restaurant has already declared that the rumors are not true the ginger girl still thinks that the palace must have asked the chef to keep it a secret because even if they were fake the rumors are superb advertisements well it doesn't matter what became of the rumors because ladies can't stop lining up in front of Anastasia's shop she makes apple pie in the kitchen while complaining that there are so many customers that she has no time to relax she wanted to thank Gabrielle for the gifts and bid goodbye to him but it seems that no thanks may be sufficient earlier today furniture and table wear were delivered to the cafe the table wear looked really expensive and Melody asked Anastasia if she had ordered it she did not and she was confused about the whole deal when the delivery man handed her a letter from the person who sent everything she read that everything was a gift from Gabriel and she didn't know what to say I will say it loud and clear Gabriel is the best boy now as Anastasia stares at the expensive table wear she wonders if Gabrielle became a big spender after being promoted to night Commander after that she takes out the pie and begins taking it to the the cafe where she hears some loud voices a man is screaming at Melody asking if she thinks he is a crook Anastasia drops her plate and rushes into the cafe to find Melody on the floor with a man standing in front of her Anastasia goes to her side and Melody tells her that he is the same nasty customer she warned him earlier about the man is a total Karen and demands to see the owner Anastasia confronts him and asks why he is behaving so rudely Karen says that he paid 10 gold coins to her employee but when he went to ask for change she insisted that he gave her only 10 silver coins Melody had already warned Anastasia about this man who had done the same thing in the past she wonders if he thought they were easy pickings because both of them are women One customer tells Anastasia that she clearly saw the man giving only silver coins and Anastasia tells him that they have witnesses on their side the man tells her to shut up and throws a pouch of coins at her he tells her to look at his purse and see that he only has gold coins Anastasia silently picks up the purse and finds the that there are indeed only gold coins in it the male Karen says that now that she has confirmed he was not lying she should apologize and give him his change Anastasia just throws his coins at him like a girl boss and when the man yells at her she tells him to pick up his coins and count them she says that he needs some lessons and manners and the Furious man moves to attack her suddenly something black hits the back of his neck and he falls to the floor the man who knocked him out and saved Anastasia says that it was a close call and asks what she would do if he were not there Anastasia can only stare at him in shock because the man is none other than Arch Duke Felix he smiles and greets her calling her sister-in-law but Anastasia can only ask him why he is here the male Karen tries to get up but Felix doesn't want him to disturb them so he steps on his neck and says that he has been bothering his sister-in-law for a while he turns to Anastasia asking if he should kill the man nope give us Gabriel instead of this guy Anastasia tells him not to kill the man and Felix asks her why not she asks who would want to eat in a place where a murder happened and he agrees Felix tells the man to get lost and then Anastasia apologizes to her other customers for the inconvenience Felix Shadows her and she turns to him and asks what brought him here he replies that he was just curious to see what kind of store she had opened up and claims to be surprised that she is living a more exciting life than he anticipated Anastasia says that things like this don't happen every day but she still thanks him for helping after that she suggests that they talk somewhere else because Felix's face is hypnotizing all the girls Melody interrupts them and says that a richl looking customer is waiting outside Felix realizes that Anastasia is busy and decides to leave saying that this time he only came to check up on her and look around the shop Anastasia thinks it is a shame that he is leaving so early but then she decides to focus on the customer outside she asks the man with a fancy Carriage what she can do for him and he says that he is here on the order of Lady Katarina from the labant family lady Katarina wants to place order for sasher Tor to be delivered in 2 days time for a tea party wait let me Google what this sasher stuff is it's just some fancy dark chocolate cake Anastasia knows that lady Katarina is the daughter of the country's Chancellor and she finds it unlikely that someone like her would purposefully order cake from her small store however it turns out that she also requests that Anastasia personally bring the cakes to the party Anastasia realizes that Katarina wants more than just cake but since the ulterior motive is so clear she believes there is no reason to fear so she accepts the order later Anastasia prepares some fancy dessert with berries on top of them but Felix pops up behind her without warning and takes a bite out of them Anastasia is surprised and asks what he is doing here and he says that he was in the shop for a while before she noticed he says that he came here to watch his sister-in-law work Anastasia wants to tell him that she is no longer his sister-in-law but she thinks that Felix won't listen to her she knows that he has always gone with the flow and just watches him eat the dessert and Anastasia knows that Felix is the adopted son of the deceased Crown Prince and the emperor treated him like his own grandson because he pied the orphan child the old man may have overdid it because Felix became a spoiled and free-spirited young man when Anastasia first met him in the palace she was quite baffled by him and soon he started following her everywhere he wanted to play with her and when she told him that she was busy he just sat beside her and watched her do her work one day Anastasia told him to eat the cookies on the table if he got bored and he Obed obediently did so much to her amusement at that time Anastasia was not familiar with the strict Imperial etiquette and duties that came with being a duchess everyone harshly criticized her every move but the visits from a friendly boy who did what he pleased were her only Solace when Felix came of age and left for his own estate they did not meet anymore and she didn't expect to see him in her restaurant Anastasia tells Felix that he should go around the town because he will get bored watching her and he complains that the capital is no fun he complains explains that there is a ball or banquet every night and he prefers staying at his estate more than going there Anastasia laughs at the grumpy boy saying that since he is the arch dukee it can't be helped that he has to visit a lot of Banquets Felix asks her if she wants to come and says that if she tells them that she is his guest they will treat her kindly Anastasia says she will think about it which I am sure she is saying to quiet the Manchild she then takes the desserts she just made to the shop and tells Felix that there are cookies in the cupboard and he can eat them as Anastasia goes out Felix smirks saying that he is past the age of liking cookies he was worried about her but she seems to be doing better than he thought he has seen Anastasia hold everything and as everyone mistreated her in the palace and it was the first time he saw her stand up for herself he smiles saying that she seems to have changed a lot while he was away Anastasia is in the shop setting the desserts in their cabinets she asks Melody how the food modeling is going and she replies that she just finished making one macarin out of plaster it looks exactly like the marar and's Anastasia cooked and she Praises Melody's skills Anastasia then tells her that she is going out for a while and asks him to keep checking on Felix from time to time if he needs anything Melody asks her where she is going this late and Anastasia replies that she is going to a nearby street to pick up some ingredients to prepare the chocolate cake for lady Katarina Melody asks Anastasia to send her on the errand instead as it is going to be dark soon but Anastasia asserts that she needs to check the quality of the ingredients herself meanwhile August is also out in the city cursing his grandfather after their te- spilling meeting the emperor refused to let him talk to him and told him to come to him after he brought Anastasia back he wonders why his grandfather is so obsessed with the woman although her family was highly ranked they didn't have any power or influence the carriage soon stops and August comes out to see the cafe Anastasia has opened he enters the store to find it empty and only sees the mess Melody Left Behind after carving the macarons he can't believe that a former Duchess is living like this he looks at the desserts and wonders if Anastasia really made them herself August recalls a rumor that Anastasia used to bake and sell pies before their marriage well he heard that from his girlfriend who once told him that someone gave Anastasia pie crumbs as a birthday present because she used to sell them on the streets when her family was in debt now he wonders if that was really true August thinks that it didn't matter to him before but now he is interested after realizing that there was too much he didn't know about Anastasia suddenly Melody returns to the store and panics upon seeing the Duke he asks her where Anastasia is and Melody tells him that she went to buy some ingredients and he should come back another day because she will take some time however August decides that he will wait for her meanwhile Anastasia has finished her ingredient shopping and she is returning home now she finds the streets quite empty after it has turned dark and tries to hurry back home but someone starts following her she makes a run for it but as the mysterious stalker comes close she hits him in the face with her back she runs as fast as she can in her skirt and then trips and falls on the ground B she fears the man who is menacingly approaching her and he draws a dagger telling her that it is no use to run from her fate Anastasia is terrified and she begs him to spare her she promises to give him everything she has but the man says that he doesn't need anything he claims that he feels sorry for her but he needs to carry out the orders to kill her the man plunges his dagger down and blood spills out however he he did not hit Anastasia and spill her blood instead he got stabbed in the heart as the man falls next to Anastasia she looks forward and finds that Felix was the one who saved her she asks him why he is here but he just stretches her hand out to help her up Anastasia once to gets up on her own like a strong independent woman but her legs are weak now Felix sigh and asks her to excuse him and then in one swift motion picks Anastasia up on her feet he asks her if she is hurt anywhere and she tells him that she is fine but in real she is blushing red can we start # Justice for Gabriel already Felix asks Anastasia if she knew the attacker and she claims that he suddenly attacked her after she left the shop Felix says that he must be a robber but Anastasia doesn't agree she believes that a robber won't need to kill his Target and she certainly heard him say that he was ordered to kill her Anastasia wonders who will benefit from hurting her and Susan's face comes up in her mind but then Felix says that she seems shaken up and they should return to the cafe he offers his hand as he declares that he will accompany her but Anastasia refuses she doesn't even use his arm as a support as they walk back wait are they going to let the attacker's dead body stay on the road like that where the hell is Law and Order in this Empire Anastasia then asks him how he found her and he reveals that he grew concerned when she took too long to return so he asked Melody about it he came to the address and found someone pursuing her Felix claims that he is happy that he arrived on the scene before it was too late and Anastasia than thanks him for saving her pitiful life Felix asks her if it will be okay for him to come by her Cafe every day to eat cakes in that case and she smiles and tells him to do as he wishes Felix suddenly turns his blushing face in the other direction telling her not to visit dangerous locations like this alone he asks Anastasia to send a servant here instead and she thanks him for worrying about her Anastasia steals glances at Felix thinking how he was just a small boy when she first met him and now he has grown into a Charming man whom she barely knows they soon arrive at the cafe and his Anastasia is thanking Felix August suddenly rushes out furiously he asks Felix what he is doing with Anastasia at this time of the day but Anastasia asks him what he is doing at the store August just flinches and repeats his question and Anastasia sigh asking if there is a reason she must tell him about everyone she meets in the purpose of the meetings she tells August clearly that they don't have any relationships now and he is dazed by her words Felix starts laughing at his confused face but immediately apologizes he then reveals that he just saved Anastasia from being attacked by a robber and then accompanied her to the store since it was already too late August panics on hearing that Anastasia was attacked and asks if she is okay Anastasia is hesitant but tells him that thanks to Felix she is fine she asks him if he needs to discuss anything and suggests they go inside but Felix's full attention is on her dirty sleeve he tells Anastasia that she must be tired so he will come back to talk another time and also directs Felix to return to his estate Anastasia wonders if he is being considerate but she simply thanks both the brothers and sees them off Felix Just Smiles at her and says that he will visit her again tomorrow and she tells him that he is welcome anytime on the way back Felix tells August that the person who attacked Anastasia didn't seem to be a robber he tells the Duke the location of the body which I think he should have put somewhere safe and asks him to investigate it on that note August also tells Felix to keep an eye on his woman but he simply walks away August thinks that Felix has been reciting in the north quietly all this time but now he is suddenly back in the capital and causing troubles for him he wonders if Felix has become aware that he is more than just an ordinary adopted child but someone who possibly has royal blood in his veins 15 years ago Felix was fooling around on a bookshelf and some books fell on him August apprehended him and scolded him for coming to their father's study room without his permission the 9-year-old Felix apologized to his 14-year-old brother who thought of him as a cute little kid the relationship between them was good and August was in no manner concerned when Felix inherited the title of Archduke which was actually higher than his title however he did get a reason to be anxious that very day he found a red letter addressed by someone to his lover by the name of Farah Farah was Felix's mom the arch duess and the handwriting on the letter was similar to August's dad the Crown Prince well when he read the content of the letters he came to know that his dad had an affair with Felix's mom long before her marriage while August saw nothing too serious because the letters told how his dad parted way as amicably as Sarah got married to the arch Duke he then recalled that she was already pregnant when she got married that was the moment August realized that Felix could be his half brother with royal blood in his veins so it means that his dad also cheated on his wife just like him does it run in the family what about the old Emperor August realized that his dad adopted Felix because he really was his own biological child that was when their relationship took a turn for the worst back to the present August reaches his carriage and tells his guards to investigate the body of the attacker as he sits in the carriage he believes that even if Felix is now aware of his true Heritage he will not be able to take anything away from him on the other hand Anastasia is in her kitchen worried about the ingredients she needs to bake the cake for lady Katarina most of the ingredients she bought yesterday were lost when she was trying to run from the attacker she doesn't have chocolate which in my humble opinion is the most important ingredient in a chocolate cake but feel free to disagree with me Anastasia thinks that if she tries pushing the deadline it will be harmful for her store's credibility she wonders how to deal with the issue when she goes outside her shop and finds something surprising at her doorstep meanwhile at the estate of Lady Katarina the guests are wondering if the duchess really bakes cake they don't seem to believe that and they think that she will not even come to deliver it one girl is still talking about the rumor that Anastasia opened up the shop just so she could meet night Commander Gabriel in secret her friend suddenly tells her to stop talking about the night Commander before Katarina because she loves him deeply damn this girl has good taste soon Anastasia arrives there with the cake and Katarina welcomes her thinking that she doesn't look too confident in the cake she made she pretends to be excited to eat her cake and Anastasia really appears nervous as she brings it to the table Anastasia first greets Katarina with a smile and thanks her for play placing the order at her Cafe she places the huge box on the table and says that she felt that the chocolate cake she ordered was not elegant enough to be present at the table of a refined lady like her so she made some adjustments Anastasia removes the box and reveals a beautifully adorned chocolate cake she has placed flowers made of white chocolate on the top and the girls are amazed by her skills Anastasia is thankful that she could just complete the cake on time because she was really anxious about making it when she opened her door earlier she found a bag containing all the ingredients she bought yesterday she wondered who could have done this and she rounded up the three suspects in her mind Anastasia eliminated melody in August and believed that she must thank Felix for this gift back to the present Katarina is not happy that the cake looks better than she anticipated and she thinks that if it tastes bad she can complain however her friends say that it really tastes delicious she doesn't believe it initially but as she takes a bite she realizes that the taste of the chocolate as well as the apricot jam is amazing she quickly cleans her plate and then thinks that she had planned to find mistakes and the cake Anastasia brought her however she cannot lie when it is good and coily claims that it is delicious Anastasia is glad to hear that and then the other girls ask her if she can prepare other Custom Cakes too they begin ordering cakes in advance for birthdays and tea parties but then someone else arrives there to order a cake and it is none but susin she greets Anastasia like she was not behind the attempt on her life and asks where she is staying and why she is not coming to the park parties of nobles susin then says that she is organizing a ball in 5 days and if Anastasia makes cake for her it will help promote her store to other customers Anastasia is silent for a moment but then she tightly grabs Susan's hand saying that it would be a good idea she promises to bake a delicious cake but susin seems to have some Sinister plans she then casually remarks that it is a good thing that Anastasia is not heartbroken she tells her that she is living quite normally despite the news about her affair with Gabriel well Anastasia is not going to hold back now she tells Susan that she doesn't need to worry about her if someone like her can live with the married Duke for 9 years without worrying about the public anyone can live with pride no matter what Anastasia says that thanks to ssin's tenacity she has the courage to live with her head held high despite the Scandal that's the correct way to put a hypocrite in their place now the hypocrite is offended and all the girls at the party start to laugh at her she trembles as Anastasia tells her that she will prepare the ultimate cake for her later Anastasia is back in her shop and Melody asks her if she is sure about making a cake for susin she believes that it is another one of her ples because she used to cause a lot of trouble for her even in the Imperial Palace Anastasia replies that everything will be all right because she has already considered that possibility she claims to have a general idea of what suain is up to because she ordered a cake made of white chocolate despite that Melody is not happy and believes that sassin is dangerous she nags at her to take some rest now but Anastasia tells her that she needs to prepare the cake for the banquet with care because if everything works out well it will help promote the store but that is not all Anastasia declares that this is also for her she will no longer put up with the people who ruined her life and show them their place that's all for this video what will happen when Anastasia prepares a cake for the greatest source of Misfortune in her life and who the hell is the guy she will end up with let's find out in the next part leave a like and a comment if you enjoyed this video and check out more of our content

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Length: 57min 55sec (3475 seconds)

Published: Wed May 01 2024