Hey love thank you so much for reading and for this message, you really made me smile (and yes, I know the chapters are LONG ).
Let me answer your questions real quick:
1. Are Eli and Amara Black? What about the cover?
Yes, Amara is Black and Eli is a man of color. The Lane family is old-money white, and that absolutely plays into how they treat her. The Wattpad cover is just a placeholder/aesthetic choice and doesn’t perfectly match how she looks in the story.
2. The kiss – when did it happen?
You didn’t miss a full on-page scene. The kiss is something that already happened and is mostly shown through the fallout and conversations about it, not a big slow-mo kiss chapter. As you read on, the context around it gets clearer.
3. When did Jace stop sleeping with Amara / get his own room?
That’s a gradual drift, not one big “I’m moving out of our bed” scene. Their communication and intimacy fade over time, and by the time “his room” is mentioned, they’re basically living like unhappy roommates with rings.
4. Do they have sex at all?
Earlier in the marriage, yes (even if it’s not all on-page). By the time Sienna is back and things are really bad, their sex life is basically dead. The point is: they are married, but it’s not a healthy, romantic, intimate marriage anymore.
And you’re absolutely right to feel that—Amara and Jace were never meant to be a romantic endgame couple. They’re both unhappy in that marriage in their own ways, which is why the divorce is the natural ending, not a random twist.
Thank you again for reading, laughing, and paying such close attention Keep the questions coming whenever you have them!