Great Namgung Family Patriarch Namgung Jo was currently in a meeting with Namgung Hyun-Ah at the Great Namgung Family’s Righteous Sky Pavilion.

“What? You want to cut off your relationship with our family?” Namgung Jo repeated, baffled by Hyun-Ah’s words.

“As I said, I want to leave the Great Namgung Family to become Young Master Baek’s woman.”

“What kind of nonsense are you spouting? If you want to become Baek Mu-Gun’s woman, you can just officially marry him. Why do something so unreasonable?”

“Young Master Baek does not want to marry a lady from the Seven Great Families, not even from the Great Namgung Family. Hence, if I want to be his woman, I have no choice but to leave the family.” Hyun-Ah responded.

“Did he say that he had no intention of marrying a lady from the Seven Great Families?”

“Yes. Young Master Baek said that he does not want to establish connections with the Seven Great Families through a marriage of convenience.”

“Do you really think abandoning our family is a sound decision? Do you value our family less than a single man?” Namgung Jo was baffled.

“To be loved by a man is a woman’s happiness. Our family is important, but my happiness is more important to me, so please just accept my decision,” Hyun-Ah rebutted.

“If that Baek Mu-Gun brat really loves you, wouldn’t he also accept your family? Yet he’s asking you to abandon your family for him instead. I can’t...