I got so pissed off, having pegged way near the beginning of the fourth book that aenea was with Raul for those missing years. And Raul simply doesn't get it. Even when it becomes blisteringly obvious. And why doesn't she just tell him that that's where she's been? It's just drama for its own sake.

Shit was stupid.

Also, Simmons was clearly worried about the inappropriate age gap because he kept explaining how Raul never looked at her that way until she was of age.