He would only dote on her, and he really did follow through with his promise.
After they got married, Kingsley loved Lucy even more. Other than dealing with business, he basically did not leave Lucy's side.
As their son grew up, the son started to complain about why his parents disliked him so much! To be precise, why did his father dislike him so much?
Was he not his father's biological son? Why was it that every time he got close to his mother, his father would look at him like a tiger eyeing its prey?
At one point, he finally mustered up the courage to question his father if he was their biological son or if he was adopted. His father's answer was: he hoped he was adopted.
What did his father mean? He was dumbfounded. Later, he found out that if he was adopted, he could be abandoned again. He was redundant in their family.