Serenity and Zachary York novel Chapter 3387

Patrick gave Darrell a couple of glances as he recollected about Grandma May’s past.

“Uncle True, I’m very devoted to my wife too.” Darrell understood the meaning behind Patrick’s glances and immediately made it clear that he was also a doting husband.

Patrick smiled with satisfaction. “I can tell that you dote on our Missy Drey very much.”

Audrey felt a warm sensation in her heart. Patrick was equivalent to family. Even if her parents were still alive, considering Patrick’s position and how much he cared for her and her sister, he would indeed still be considered family. Both her parents always said Uncle True was the truest of them all and there was no need to worry he would betray them.

He often helped her mother with work and spent time with her alone, discussing plans, but even then her father did not worry the slightest and would not take offense. In Audrey’s impression, her mother had not been in good health and often had to rest in bed, while her father was a mild-tempered man who always worried about her mother’s health. He would get very nervous the moment her mother felt a single whit of discomfort.

When she was young, she did not understand love. Now that she was getting on in years, Audrey felt that her parents genuinely shared affection for one another when she recalled how they interacted, unlike Hunter and Belinda who did not truly feel anything for each other despite having been married for decades.

Belinda treated Hunter as a tool to be thrown away once he was used, if she were so inclined to. If not, she kept him as a pet. Either way, she did not have to spend much money. She clutched the strings of Hunter’s wallet too tightly. Little did she know that the tighter she held onto it, the easier it was for things to go wrong.

Even mothers-in-law from ordinary families did not like their daughters-in-law to be orphans, let alone a distinguished family like the Stones. No matter how capable Old Mrs. Stone thought she was, she was simply an employee, a commoner, and the Stones were way out of her league.

That was why she could understand and accept Old Mrs. Stone’s disdainful behavior after she married into the family. As long as she did not cross the line, she could ignore it whenever the old lady made a fuss. On the other hand, she did not have a single bad word to say about Old Mr. Stone’s and Darrell’s treatment of her.

Had it not been for their unconditional support, she would not have been able to dominate the business world by Darrell’s side and become one of the iron ladies in the industry. Even with her capability, she needed a platform to showcase it, and Stone Group was precisely where she could do that. Later on, when Stone Group faced a crisis, she saved the day, allowing them to overcome the crisis and preserve the family business.