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