Chapter 1178

Yale still pretended that Melanie's mother was in debt and was on the run. He replied on Melanie's behalf, "Her mother had changed jobs. She won't be working in the racecourse anymore." Natalie sighed in relief. "That's a good thing." Melanie had accepted Yale's favor, but she felt terrible about it. The thing about lies was that one always needed a bigger lie to cover the small lies. It grew like a snowball, yet in the end, the truth always came tumbling down like an avalanche. "Eat up," Yale said to Melanie, pulling her back to reality. Melanie looked at him rather conflicted. "Thank you." "Don't mention it." Back home, Melanie asked Yale, "Why did you cover for me?" Yale slumped onto the couch lazily, "Since you risked being exposed to tell Natalie and Judy about the situation at the racecourse, that meant that you had no intention of hurting people. As long as you don't have any ulterior motives with my family, I don't see any harm." "But I no longer want to lie." "What d