Another scene where she does something similar is the breakfast scene at the end of Episode 8. MC asks about her wedding ring and she tries to end the conversation. Very soon afterwards, she engages MC sexually. I know she's a pretty sexual woman, but It would be an interesting development to see her use sex as a ploy to distract the MC from difficult topics.
I know this whole thing has been hammered to death by now but I thought I'd just say I interpreted her still not having looked up as a kind of fear. (rather than not a priority)
She wants to keep her relationship with the MC, she also wants to keep her job, and if the guide book says 'no' then she
has to decide. Then again if she still doesn't
know... Well then ignorance is bliss?
Think it'd be 'possible' she
has checked already (and it's a no) and she 'chooses' seeing where things go with MC, potentially worried MC might ditch if he could get in trouble, but I doubt this is the case.
I also noticed that Bella uses sex to distract the MC or to close conversation topics that make her uncomfortable. Bella is my favorite love interest, but I don't know how to feel when I see her using such a low ruse against the MC. My fear is that the MC will feel cheated by Bella in the same way that he felt cheated by Maya and Josy for avoiding talking about relationship issues.
[EDIT]
I've been thinking and the MC is right to be a snowflake, he's surrounded by fuckin' liars.
* Josy said she had a boyfriend but didn't say her boyfriend went to B&R and on top of that her boyfriend was actually a girlfriend - Maya;
* Maya said she had a boyfriend, then went back and said she didn't have a boyfriend (but she didn't say she was single either), that is, in her head she didn't lie to the MC she just omitted the truth (screw you and Josy , Maya...);
* Jill... yes, even Jill tried to hide from the MC that she was from the Royce family. At least Jill had the decency to ask first if the MC would allow them to go ahead with their date without her having to say who her family was.
* Bella... now is when the horror show begins... Bella doesn't want to talk about anything, doesn't want to talk about why she still wears a wedding ring, doesn't want to talk about the possibility of one day having a serious relationship with MC , she doesn't make much of a point of checking the handbook either, when the MC asks about her husband she says he's 'not here anymore'. What does that mean? It looks like Bella will use the same tactic as Maya: she won't lie to the MC, just omit the truth. Like I said, Bella is my favorite love interest...but even Bella's fans are losing patience with her.
* Sage... oddly enough, Sage is the only one who didn't hide shit from the MC. On the contrary, she shares very personal things with him... maybe that's why she works so well as a girlfriend or as a close friend to the MC. The MC doesn't know that Sage is a Burke it's not Sage's fault, Sage's family was never a topic of conversation when the MC and Sage were together, and that information wasn't as important as Maya's relationship status, Josy or Bella.