The Temptress: Tempting the Devil’s son

“Blake as you know, you are one of the suspects for the murder of Mark. We would like to see the CCTV footage of last night.”

Blake smiled and remained un​per​turbed while Emily’s inside were practically shaking in fear but thankfully she was quick to mask her expression else they would both be exposed.

Blake could sense her tension, so he stretched out his hands to hers and gave her a reassuring smile, one that warmed her heart and made all her fears disappear.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

“Sure.” Was his simple reply. His mother who suddenly regained her confidence, rose from the couch as she said, “I will go get the laptop.”

Minutes later, Emily arrived the sitting room with a laptop in her hands. She placed the laptop of the glass table and gestured for Collins to play the footage.

Collins tapped a few keys on the laptop. The footage of last night from around 11pm was displayed on the computer screen. Blake was seen dozing off on the bed, his mother joined him on bed at around 11:30. He then snuggled up to his mother as she cuddled him in her arms. Other than nothing strange happened.

Emily’s eyes widened in astonishment. How? She remembered this footage. When they had gotten back from the hospital the previous day, it was almost night but it was still fairly bright. Blake had set the room to be almost like nighttime.

He then asked his mother to cuddle him to sleep. She obliged and they both ended up dozing off. Emily was really tired so it didn’t come as a surprise to her that she slept off.

Collins stared at Blake suspiciously and questioned, “There was a storm yesterday. How come they were no thunder flashes or rain patters in the audio?”

Blake’s lips twitched a little while his mother smiled and answered softly, “We didn’t experience heavy rainfall yesterday, only a light drizzle and there were no thunderstorms. As you know, we live on the hill and this place is far from the big city, so it’s normal that the storm didn’t hit us or don’t you so think detective?”

Collins was rendered speechless by her statement. What she said made sense. The storm hit a lot of major cities while some areas didn’t experience the storm at all. So it was quite normal that the storm didn’t hit the hill. When he thought about this, he decided not to ask anymore questions.

He rose from his seat and beamed a soft smile. “Thank you very much for your cooperation. We will keep in touch.” The man said calmly and was about to stride out with his colleague when an aggressive woman stood on their paths. She was practically seething in rage while her eyes reddened in fury. How could he let them go, just like that?

“He’s the one who killed my son. You’re been bias and this is injustice. This boy is a little devil. He used dark magic to kill my son!” She thundered in a loud voice, hot tears were trickling down her eyes. Her facial expression was one that made people feel compassionate. She looked like someone who had suffered from injustice but it was all just a fake.

She wanted Blake to go down with her son. Her son couldn’t be dead while Blake was still alive. She made up her mind to kill him. Only then would she be comforted, knowing that Emily would suffer the same fate as hers.

Collins sighed and tried to explain, “Madam, we do not believe in dark magic. It is all just a myth. We investigate according to facts and evidence. Blake is no longer a suspect and has nothing to do with this case. We assure you, madam we will find the person who killed your son.” Upon hearing this, Jessica let out a fervent wail. Her husband pulled her into his arms and tried to comfort her but that didn’t seem to work.

She is a pretty good actress, Blake thought and smirked. He seemed to be enjoying the show. Guess it was time for the second phase of his plan. Jessica wouldn’t know what hit her.

He gazed at both of them with a death glare. They both won’t live to see tomorrow!

He brought out his phone and played a game on his phone. He was starting to get bored. While his fingers where still tapping his phone, he opened his mouth and said casually, “I know who killed your son.” Emily’s eyes widened with a ghastly expression. What the hell was he doing? If he said the truth, he would go to jail! No, her son was smarter than that. Maybe this was part of his plan?

Jessica let out a heinous laugh and revealed in wicked tone, “I said it! He’s gonna confess to it. I guess he finally has a conscience. You killed my son you bastard! Whether you confess or not, I will make sure you spend the rest of your life in prison!” She rushed to Blake’s figure, her intention was to inflict injuries on him, she didn’t expect to be stopped by Collin’s harsh voice.

“Stop it woman and let the boy speak! Mr. Jacob, control your wife!” From his tone, one could tell he was pissed. Who wouldn’t be? Jessica was behaving like a woman without proper etiquette. It was no surprise her son turned out to be a bully.

Jessica seemed to calm down afterwards, her body was still shaking in anger. She looked a wild beast that was about to devour its prey. The look on her face was a scary one, but Blake didn’t seem frightened by her gaze.

“Blake, you claim to know who killed Mark. Who was it?”

He puffed out a loud breath and crossed his slender legs. His posture was so calm that it didn’t look like he was being interrogated. His calm expression was like gasoline, as it seemed to fuel Jessica’s anger and it soon reached its peak. Her face was red-hot that she looked like she was about to explode!

“A ghost,” he said it so casually and that was just the amount of gasoline needed to make Jessica erupt like a volcano. Her expression turned deadly and she looked like she could tear him apart at that moment.

She pointed her shaky fingers to Blake and thundered in a tone full of malice, “You bastard! Do you think this is a joke? Is this a joke to you?! Answer me!”

Blake simply smiled, he seemed to be mocking her with his charming smile. Emily decided to kill her with rage suddenly asked, “Blake you said a ghost killed Mark? Who could that ghost be?”

His expression turned childish as he said to his mother in a childish tone, “Jessica killed a woman, the woman became a ghost and killed Mark as revenge.”

Emily’s eyes widened in surprise. That was not the answer she was expecting to hear.

Blood drained from Jessica’s face and her face became as pale as snow. He knew…. He knew. All eyes were now on her. Although he sounded childish, one could tell that what he said was half-truth.

Jessica laughed awkwardly and quickly masked her previous expression. She gave Blake a death glare as if threatening him to shut up but Blake remained unperturbed. How could he be threatened by her? What a joke!

“Don’t utter rubbish. Blake is only a child, he can occasionally spurt nonsense,” she beamed an innocent smile.

Collins ignored her and squatted to Blake’s height. He wore a friendly expression and questioned in a hush voice, “Tell me Blake, who did Jessica kill?”

He opened his mouth and began, “I don’t know her but she was Jacob’s secretary. Jessica found out she was pregnant for her husband so she got angry and killed her!”

The room suddenly became awfully silent and Jessica’s apprehension grew. Her body began to shake as she received hateful glances from the people in the room.

“Is it true? Did you kill Katelyn?!” A furious Jacob demanded in an awfully loud baritone voice, one that made her shrink back in fear.

“I-I d-didn’t do it! Believe me. He’s lying!” She started in a shaky voice but she quickly regained her usually high-pitched and thundered at her husband,” You cheated on me you bastard. I only found out that she was pregnant. I asked her to abort the baby but I didn’t kill her! You disgust me Jacob, you shameless pig!”

A loud smack was heard that made eyes peer at the quarreling couple. Jessica held her red cheek and stared at her husband in disbelief.

“Jacob, you slapped me?” She questioned in a rather pensive voice. She raised her hands and smacked him on his face with so much force such that her palm imprints were glued on his face.

“You bastard! How dare you slap me! I made you who you’re today. Without me, you would have died on the streets and you dare to cheat on me?!” She screamed and slapped him yet again. Jacob’s face was red with fury but he remained quiet and didn’t dare to speak.

This woman was a powerful woman and she could take away all his wealth in the snap of a finger. He hated her so much and his plan was to elope with Katelyn, the woman he fell in love with, but unexpectedly she went missing a month ago and was never heard of.

His heart bled everyday and he longed for her to be in his arms that was why just now when heard that Jessica had killed her, he lost control and slapped her.

Jessica turned to Blake who was busy enjoying the show. “You this bastard child born of a worthless slut, do you even have prove that I killed her?! Who knows? Maybe you killed her with your dark magic and tried to pin it on me!” She turned to Jacob and gave him a death glare, “Let’s go!” She commanded and he had no choice but to follow her out. Just as they were about to walk out of the sitting room a calm and dangerously-sweet voice said, “I have evidence!”