Chapter 1026

After Grayson left, Marilyn started grumbling endlessly, "I know you’re a man of high morals and that’s why you refuse to accept alms from others, but can’t you see what kind of life we’re living? We don’t have a single penny, and all the vegetables we ate today were the leftovers from the farmer’s market. How are we supposed to live a life like this?”

There was a hint of anger in Jay’s eyes. "And you served our guest with vegetables like that?"

His icy tone sent Marilyn shuddering with fear. She then cried and said, "No housewife can cook a meal without food and vegetables. What do you suppose I do?”

Jay roared. "Bread alone is enough to fill someone’s stomach."

Having said that, he turned around and left abruptly.

He shut himself in the bedroom and inadvertently swept his gaze across the Hacker Empire books on the bedside table.

A singsong voice rang out in his mind. ‘Mr. Ben, these are my mommy’s favorite books!’

They were strangers who had never met, yet even so, she was abl