Byron ignored Wendy's response after he said that.

The reason why he decided to marry Wendy at the beginning was just to repay her grandfather's saving grace.

This was the reason why he had gotten close with the Fuller family. Hence, when the elders had proposed that he marry Wendy, he had accepted it noncommittally.

He had even thought that Wendy was the woman of his dreams.

After learning that woman had left without saying goodbye six years ago, he then realized that his feelings for Wendy was not the love he had imagined.

The elders from both families had urged him multiple times to complete the marriage procedures as soon as possible after that, but he had made excuses and shelved them.

He had also done everything possible to ease the life of the Fuller family over the past six years. He agreed to all their business requirements, just to make it up for the delays.

At present, the way he saw it, that kindness had been repaid adequately.

At the very least, there was no need t