Trapped by My Ex's Love Curse

Poisonous

A ray of light burst through the gap in the curtains, making Shienna blink and stretch before getting up slowly. She surveyed the room she was in, and her brow furrowed.

"I'm not in my room?" she muttered. "This is that bastard's room. Why am I here?"

Shienna put on her sleeping robe and went outside, finding Bryan asleep on the couch with the television on. Shienna turned off the big screen and checked the dining table. There was nothing there. The servants must have been preparing the food.

She learned many new things Since living with Bryan, one of which was that the kitchen in each of their penthouses was a dry kitchen, which they used to prepare simple meals. As for the big dishes, they processed them in the central kitchen located on that floor as well. Right near the elevator.

Shienna unconsciously admired the design of the building she was living in. She wondered how long Bryan had been building his business to own the magnificent skyscraper that was his apartment business.

Five years, for Shienna, could not have been enough to become a tycoon—Bryan could be running a dirty business that could reap tremendous profits.

She quickly dismissed the thought and looked for something in the refrigerator. She remembered leaving kimchi and other food on her penthouse floor, so she decided to go up. Bryan was still asleep, so no one would complain if she did. In truth, though, Bryan never grumbled. He was mostly silent, even when Shienna did the most annoying things.

Shienna returned after picking up everything she needed and found a woman sitting on the couch stroking Bryan's sleeping head.

"What are you doing here, Selena?" asked Shienna, not liking Selena's presence. It wasn't for nothing that she felt that way because Selena filled the last time they met with crying drama. Now, she was like a shameless woman who barged into a married man's residence. What does that mean?

"Oh, you. What are you doing here? Don't you live upstairs?"

"You knew about it?"

Selena snorted. "What didn't I know? Bryan never forgets to tell me everything." Selena got up and stepped closer to Shienna, looking at her from toe to head, where she had been looking very unattractive since her marriage to Bryan. "You look boring. No wonder Bryan decided to come back to me."

Shienna just sighed. She did not fight back not out of image but out of laziness. Her stomach was rumbling right now, and eating was what she wanted more than talking to the woman in front of her.

"It's only six months, right? After that, you'll be gone."

Shienna shrugged. "It depends on whether Bryan lets me take the baby. If he insists on having it, then I'll stay. After all, the top floor is already in my name. Bryan gave it to me. That means I can stay indefinitely and always see my child later."

Selena's face changed instantly when she heard Shienna's words. She disliked all the women close to or spent the night with Bryan, but Shienna was the one she hated the most.

"Oh, yes. Didn't you say you were pregnant with that bastard's child? Why don't you be honest with him? Who knows, we could work together. How old is your pregnancy? Mine is probably much older, so your child will call mine big brother."

Selena clenched her fists, making her sharp nails dig into her palms until they turned red. She was about to utter sarcasm in reply to Shienna's words, but hearing a groan, she quickly turned around and approached the origin of the sound.

"Are you awake, honey?"

Bryan tried to gather himself together as his eyes scanned the nearby Selena and Shienna, who were busy preparing a meal for themselves. She didn't care about Bryan or anyone else.

"What did you eat?" asked Bryan, walking over to Shienna and ignoring Selena's earlier words.

"Don't mind me; you just care for your woman." Shienna popped the kimchi into her mouth, but Bryan quickly grabbed her hand, and the food fell onto the table.

"Don't eat carelessly! You must consult Doctor Avery before eating anything he doesn't recommend."

"It's healthy food, Bray! What's careless?!"

Bryan doesn't answer but takes the box of kimchi, wraps it up, and puts it back in the refrigerator.

"Hey! I'm hungry, asshole! Why do you like interfering with my life so much!?"

"I'm not interfering with your life. Can't you see that I'm being considerate—" Bryan's sentence trailed off. "—for the baby. If you weren't carrying my child, I'd let you take poison even if you were."

Bryan stared intently at Shienna, who was also staring back at him. He then shook his head and left Shienna at the dining table. Selena hurried to follow Bryan's footsteps.

***

Shienna was now in the room where the musical instruments the man arranged neatly. From her vision, she could deduce that the size of the room where she lived was much larger than her place upstairs. However, the combination of only three colors—black, white, and gray, felt stiff to her.

"What an asshole! How could he move my favorite thing to this place? Look, this room is exactly like a prison. It's so uncomfortable," she grumbled, unwrapping the cloth covering her piano.

Her hand traced the object's surface before she finally sat down on the chair, facing the keys she was ready to rattle with her delicate fingers.

Slowly, she pressed the keys one by one, creating a distinctive sound that was a feast for her ears. It felt like it had been a long time since Shienna had played these things until longing ran through her heart like a young girl who had not seen her lover for a long time.

Speaking of lovers made Shienna's mind wander back to when she and Bryan were still dating. Precisely two years before she broke up with him. Shienna closed her eyes, letting herself get lost in the feeling, then her fingers slowly began to dance over the white and black objects before her.

The strains of the piano got her even more carried away, but as her memory moved to the present, the tinkling became intense.

There was evident emotion and anger in every note. Quickly, Shienna

stopped playing, looked for her book, and started drawing the keys she had just composed into a new musical rhythm.

'Anger and Emotion!' was Shienna's title to his new music. She smiled with satisfaction, put the book back, and walked out of the room.

There was no one in the room other than the dirty plates and glasses left behind as a sign that someone or perhaps several people had enjoyed the meal without inviting her.

"Don't tell me you brought another b***h in here. You asshole! Disgusting!" grumbled Shienna, monologuing as she stepped through each room and found no one. "Hmm... there's no one here. Did that bastard choose one of his hotel rooms to have s*x with his whores since I arrived?"

Shienna did not care. She found an intact glass of orange juice still on the table. She thought maybe Bryan had served it to her on purpose. Without thinking, she gulped down the contents of the glass.

Before long, her body felt hot. She looked for the remote and turned off the heating because she was starting to feel uncomfortable with the heat in her body.

"Should I turn on the air conditioner?" Shienna muttered again, then activated the air conditioner with an average temperature that she slowly lowered until he felt comfortable.

Unfortunately, it didn't last long. A few minutes later, Shienna again felt the heat from inside her body and decided to take off the clothes she was wearing.

"Bryan is not here. He's probably working and will be home late at night. I guess it's okay if I dress like this." Shienna was now lying comfortably on the sofa watching television in only her underwear, and simultaneously, the elevator doors opened.

At once, Bryan's gaze fell on Shienna's exposed body. She was still fanning her burning body.

"What are you doing, Shie? What if Elea comes?" Bryan quickly removed his suit and put it on Shienna to cover her body.

However, Shienna removed the suit from her body and greeted Bryan.

"You finally home," she said, sounding a little more friendly and making Bryan look like a fool. However, he still tried to cover Shienna's body with his suit. "Stop that. It's so hot in here. I can't stand it."

"Yes, I know. But you can't be like this, especially if you're not in your room."

"Why? Are you bothered by this? Didn't you tell yourself I don't need to be awkward? We've done it before, have you forgotten?"

"What happened to you? Did you take the wrong medicine?" Bryan sniffed Shienna's breath but found nothing but the scent of the orange juice she had just drunk.

"Bray..." Shienna clung to Bryan's arm like a drunk, pulling him until they reached his room. Shienna then pushed Bryan's body onto the bed.

"What are you doing, Shie? You can't be crazy!"

"Crazy? You think I'm crazy for wanting you?" Shienna chuckled momentarily, then moved over to Bryan's half-lying body. "Did you forget how women want you? Do you think I don't feel the same way, huh? I want it, Bray."

"Wh-what?" Bryan could not contain his nervousness. He did not deny that Shienna was attractive to him, even back then. For him, there was nothing like Shienna's beauty. However, that was back then, long before she broke his heart.

"Don't play dumb, asshole!" Shienna started to unbutton Bryan's shirt and pinned him to the bed. "You want me to, right?"

"You're pregnant, Shie. Don't do this."

"So what? We're just going to make love, not poison the baby." Shienna chuckled. "Oh! Or is sperm poisonous for the fetus in the womb?"

Just when Shienna was caught off guard, Bryan switched positions so that it was now Shienna's turn to be under his restraints.

"Sperm won't poison the baby, but the baby might get hurt by my junior. Now, tell me, have you been drinking alcohol?"

Shienna shook her head with pursed lips. "I couldn't have. You know that. But I feel so hot. I want you so much. I want to do it with anyone."

"Tsk tsk tsk. Looks like someone put something in your drink," Bryan said. "Okay then."

Bryan pulled out the cell phone from his pocket after locking Shienna's hands with one. He pressed a button on the screen, and the door to their room closed independently.

"What will you do?" asked Shienna, looking panicked.

"You want to do it, don't you? Fine, let's do it. But first..." Bryan unbuckled the belt and tied Shienna's wrists to the back of the bed, which made Shienna squeal repeatedly.

Neither of them realized that someone was eavesdropping and growling in annoyance behind the wall of their room.