Bucharest, Romania

"I need your explanation," I said with teary eyes. Valter stared into my eyes with an unmoving face, the calm he always maintained. "What's the matter, Jade? What kind of explanation do you want?" Valter replied in a low tone.

"Who is Halley? Tell me everything without hiding anything," I said in a huff. Valter took a deep breath and sat quietly on the sofa in the room. "Halley was my only girlfriend since high school. We dated for ten years. And I never had any experience with any other girl besides her. We broke up about three years ago. At first, she was a cute, charming girl until I caught Halley betraying me. It turned out that during the last five years we were together, she also had sex with my biological brother, Devon. He almost ruined the household relationship with her pregnancy scandal. "Valter said sighing.

I took a deep breath when I heard Valter's explanation, there was a sense of guilt for bringing up his old wounds. But my curiosity and anxiety needed certainty.

"Are you still in touch with her?" I asked again. Valter got up and touched my cheeks which were red and swollen with tears. "That will never happen. I have no interest in a traitor, Jade. She always nags me whenever I'm in Frankfurt," Valter whispered, looking at me.

"I was hurt, Valter. She said something painful in front of me. She said that you can only make out with her, and no one can replace her." I said, sobbing, my tears flowing profusely, my chest tightness at the memory of Halley's sharp words.

Valter laughed, with what I said, "Jade, you must have the strength of heart, do not easily believe poisonous snakes. I understand your heart is soft and easily hurt, but it is not beneficial for yourself. Don't be easily crushed by such things." Valter hugged me tightly and I buried myself in his arms, listening to the rhythm of Valter's heartbeat, feeling peaceful and warm.

"When did you come home? Why was it so late?" I said again.

"I looked for you all over the place, I spent time at Mia's grandfather's house, chatting and drinking beer together when I came home you were asleep. I know you're safe with George, that's why I wasn't in a hurry to go home," he whispered again.

"Last night I said goodbye to your parents last night about going back to Munich today. The rest of your time here should be used for traveling. Besides, I've been here enough." I whined in a spoiled voice.

"Haa... okay, Jade. Jealousy makes you leave here immediately." Said Valter with a small smile.

My problem is not just jealousy Valter, but your brother who started haunting me requires that I have to stay away from this place, I said to myself.

We landed safely at Henri Coanda Airport, Bucharest, Romania, after about two hours and twenty minutes in the air. My knowledge of Romania can be said to be a big zero, but Valter as my guide, as a devoted Asian woman, I just follow. As Rita Ora said, "Anywhere away with you." more or less.

Bucharest is the capital and industrial, cultural, and financial center of Romania located in central and southeastern Europe. It is located on the banks of the river Dambovita. The country is bordered by Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast, and Bulgaria to the south.

Not many people are interested in this city and country, especially for tourists who like the luxury of Europe and the beauty of the metropolis, this place will definitely make people feel bored with, lots of bad rumors circulating because past conditions made this place never included in the list of world travelers.

Valter and I still believed that there must be something interesting here, a city that was once one of the greatest in this part of Europe must leave traces that we can still enjoy.

"In the decades before World War II, the city of Bucharest was nicknamed 'Little Paris' or 'Paris of the East', because almost all the buildings, palaces, and magnificent art nouveau architecture are completely synonymous with the city of Paris," Valter replied as we walked through the city of Bucharest.

"Exploring Bucharest is about understanding its complex past, war has changed everything, the Romanian capital has always been known as a gray and sad city, from the good times of 'Little Paris' to the soviet war, the influx of communists, this city is a silent witness to tragic events that happened literally ravaged the city to its absolute demolition. The events of December 1989 were just the beginning of chaos in the country where the city was slowly being forgotten and avoided. " he added again.

"I can see it. No wonder people don't want to visit." I replied.

The Old Town area is one of the areas that still has many remnants of ancient architecture before the communists destroyed this city. Many beautiful old buildings from the Middle Ages. We booked a hotel in the area of ​​the old city making it easier for us to explore and roam around the area. "How do you feel, do you like it?" Asked Valter as he sat in a small cafe in a garden in Gradina Cismigiu, after a day of traveling around Bucharest on foot.

"It's hard for me to explain it, it's so different. I thought we would be welcomed by a concrete jungle like the majority of other cities in Europe, but we are greeted with gardens, mixed medieval buildings, art nouveau, socialist-realist architecture, and elements of modernization that I think are very unusual and a little weird to put together, but that's where history speaks, "I said.

Actually, there is not much that we can enjoy here, but Bucharest has a beautiful and soothing garden, Gradina Cismigiu. It is one of the oldest gardens in the city covering an area of ​​sixteen hectares arranged in ancient Roman style, one of the most romantic that can steal my heart, more than thirty thousand trees and plants that are three hundred years old.

Very beautiful and natural, a paradise for grass, trees, flowers, and a lake, full of flowers, resembling a colorful carpet in spring, there are alleyways and hidden paths that give the impression of mystery, one of which leads to the ruins of an old monastery, covered by strands of purple wisteria flowers. In the center of the park, there is a lake that can be explored by boat, as if you were adventuring in a small forest in a city.

"Thank you dear for bringing me here to enjoy it all." I said while looking warmly at Valter, a cool breeze blowing slowly, letting myself enter into the vortex of sweet childhood memories, being in the Kalimantan forest with clear blue water lake "Labuan Cermin" in Berau district, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. I closed my eyes for a moment to feel the happiness of the beautiful moments I had during my childhood.

I opened my eyes slowly and carved a beautiful smile for Valter.

"This city is so strong, its beautiful gardens give me energy. I feel very alive," I added again. Valter's eyes shone at me, slowly he reached and took my hand, looked at me meaningfully, "I can never live without seeing your smile, Jade."

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