Femme Fatale: The King's Deadly Temptress Chapter 169: I'm All She Has

Alianna got up, walked a few ters away and answered her phone. The sound of sobbing greeted her ear the mont she pressed the green button and she already knew what was coming.

"Where are you? I'm at your door," Alianna's mother's voice sounded from the other line.

"I'm outside. Are you okay?"

Ali waited but her mother did not say anything. So there was only one thing that she could do at that mont. "Wait for , I'll be right there."

She ended the phone call and strolled back towards Matthew, her expression looked evidently different before the call and he caught it. "Everything okay?" he asked.

Putting on her best smile, she nodded and started grabbing her things. "My mom's at my place and she doesn't have a key. I have to go."

"Oh, okay" Matthew got up and brushed off the dirt from his pants before he turned to her. "I'll walk you to your car."

Compared to how jolly she was earlier while they were talking, Alianna looked like she was depressed. Matthew threw a few glances at her while they walked and wondered what had happened but he didn't want to pry, thinking that it must be sothing personal.

When they got to her car, she turned to him and offered to drop him off at his hotel but Matt refused and told her to hurry ho instead as her mom was waiting.

Later when Alianna arrived at her apartnt, it was just as she expected her mom was again broken-hearted for god knows how many tis already. Her mother ranted, cried, and complained until she fell asleep while Ali didn't have much choice but to listen and be her mother's shock absorber.

She slumped on her bed and grabbed her phone. There was only one person that she wanted to talk to at that mont and before she could change her mind, she dialed Caleb's number.

Alianna waited for her call to be answered but it kept on ringing and ringing and she did not hear the voice that she was dying to hear. She checked the ti on her phone and thought that Caleb must already be in the office as it was around 9 a.m his ti. Not wanting to give up, she dialed his number for the second ti until it reached his voice mail.

She tossed her phone to the side and stared at it. 'He must be busy,' she thought. However, just a minute later, her phone rang and saw Caleb's na on the screen. She didn't hesitate and picked it up right away.

"Li, is everything okay?" She heard him say as soon as she picked up the phone. She heard what seed like a door being shut and the sound of footsteps on the other line.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you. Is this a bad ti?" Her voice was soft and low and Caleb was almost sure that there was sothing wrong.

Caleb glanced at the door of the eting room where he ca from and composed himself as he walked further to the window at the end of the hall. "Um No, it's okay. I was just reading sothing. What's wrong?"

Alianna was sure that she wanted to talk with him just a few minutes ago but now that she heard his voice, she was feeling slightly hesitant as she didn't want to worry him with her problem. But she really did not have anyone else to talk to she felt lonely. "She's here," she muttered.

She didn't have to say anything else and Caleb already knew what she ant. He breathed deeply and leaned against the wall as he asked, "How are you?"

There was no point asking how her mother was as he already knew what she was going to say. After all, this wasn't the first ti. He was more concerned about her emotional state at the mont. If only he could go to her right now, he would.

"I feel like crap," she chuckled, "She did it again, Cay I already lost count of how many tis and I'm sick of it."

"I'm so sorry, Li. You don't deserve what she's doing to you" Caleb waited for her to say sothing but Ali remained quiet. "Why don't you co back here and extend your vacation?"

"I can't Fashion week's coming and I have work in a few days," she answered. But knowing what Caleb ant was actually to go back there for good, she added, "You know I can't leave I can't leave her here. I'm all she has and she's all I have."

It was foolish how she hated her mother at the sa ti that she was painfully longing for her motherly care... yet she always just ended up getting disappointed.

Julianna was mainly the reason why Ali couldn't really leave Italy. Her mother would never go back ho no matter what and with the way that she was living her life, Ali could only pathetically stay there for her. Caleb knew all about it and he couldn't bla her as he was also sohow in the sa boat. Apart from the dedication he has for the company, his father was suffering from a health problem a reason why he couldn't just leave his family.

"You know that's not true, right? You're not alone, Li I'm here for you. I always have been and I always will be."

Soone from the eting room ca out and signaled from Caleb to co back, he nodded before turning his attention back to the call. "I'm sorry, I have to attend a eting. I'll find ti to talk to you later, okay?"

"Okay Sorry for taking up your ti, Cay thanks for listening."

"Don't worry about it. I'll call you again. I promise."

After saying goodbye, Ali prepared a bath for herself. She wanted to soak in one and hope that it will wash away her troubles. Though nothing has changed, being able to talk to Caleb definitely lightened up her mood.

Later, she crawled back to bed and saw a notification on her phone. She tapped her screen and saw that Matthew sent her a ssage. When she opened it, she saw that he had sent her a picture of a Gatorade bottle. It looked like he was in so convenience store.

[Matthew: You don't think the gators are going to be mad at if I drink their kind right?]

Ali couldn't help but guffaw Matt was definitely trying to make her laugh.

[Alianna: You horrible human being! XD Don't worry, I won't tell on you. Knock yourself out, MJ!]

Despite having a sucky day, she was glad that she had people who reminded her that everything was going to be okay.