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In my opinion, he was in a no-win situation with Ana and the only way to make the right decision is to not have had a conversation with her at all. When you have a narcissistic cheating ex no contact is the only way to avoid their hoovering, breadcrumbing, and gaslighting. If he doesn't capitulate to her demands he is still harming Megan because his shitty relationship with his ex is trashing her career through no fault of her own. However, if he doesn't go to her apartment he is accepting that Ana alone is responsible for her actions and that she is only giving him the illusion of control over the outcome. Once he agrees to see her, she's got him. Even if he refuses the sex he is now actively making a decision that hurts Megan's career. If he does knuckle under he not only cheats on Megan after being with her officially for a matter of hours but also compounds his shittiness by just straight-up assaulting and battering Ana, which isn't acceptable even though she was blackmailing him for sex. The ending where he ends up with Ana is tragic, not happy. Probably for them both. They are trapped in an unhealthy relationship pretty much because they are both shitty people who have alienated everyone else.The way I see that scenario is if you don't talk to your girlfriend/spouse before whoring yourself out for her career, then it's still cheating. If Jonas bangs Ana, then it's still cheating no matter how good intentioned it might have been in his mind. It would have meant fucking another girl behind Megan's back. If he had told Megan first, she could have either been fine with it, or she could have decided that her acting career isn't worth dealing with that. But if he chooses to bang Ana behind Megan's back, then it's cheating no matter the intentions. So I think Megan's reaction to the news is a realistic one.
Also, Jonas did ultimately have a choice. Jonas could have chosen his personal integrity and faithfulness to Megan over Ana's threats. If Ana actually did follow through with her threats (which she ultimately didn't), and Megan was upset with Jonas's decision to not fuck Ana for the sake of her own career, then I'd say Megan is the asshole not Jonas.