see, my take is it’s very “Bella” and it’s a bit of a juxtaposition to her discussion with MC if you didn’t cock it up.
All through her route she’s been bouncing between her lust and her morality. She says one thing, loses control and does another. She was always saying she didn’t want anything with the MC, didn’t want a sexual relationship. Did the rational thing and hooked him up with Jill.
and slowly her walls came down, the Ice Queen thawed a little. But in this episode she either accepted she wants more with the MC. Opens up to him, takes her ring off and makes comments about him bringing the teenager out in her.
or she finds out about Cathy and retreats fully into being the ice queen again. I see the Bella route as MC helping her get over whatever this big secret is regarding her husband. Slowly and gentle bringing her outta whatever made her the Ice Queen and the Cathy incident snapped her back into that mentality really bluntly.
perhaps I have not explained myself well
I like Bella's journey very much, especially now that she has accelerated (from chapter 6 onwards). What I don't like, what the story leaves completely in the background, is the relationship between her and Jill, which is described as a very bad friendship.
at the beginning, because of the alcohol, she falls in love with Mc, but then that kiss reawakens a part of her that she had kept hidden for years, her guilt feelings come out, and in this situation pushing Mc towards Jill, even if selfish, makes sense.
It's not by chance that in that moment of the story DPC turns an innocent choice like going to thank Bella in the first step towards her relationship with MC.
Once Jill tells Bella how the date went well, how Mc seems like the right guy, Bella should avoid him like the plague, not take a sauna with him.
From then on Bella towards Jill is a big bitch, without any nuance.
The scene of the car breaking down because of Cathe is weird, but it's even weirder when, after "saving" Jill together, they go to Bella's house to fool around.
MC's a pig for courting both of them? okay, but Bella's no better.
It's one of those points where the story for me is so poorly written that it becomes an obligation to enjoy it to avoid being in a relationship with either of them.
Hope for Bella..... As soon Jill gets serious with MC, Bella has a reason to stop being intimate with him, same as what happens when she finds out MC fiddled around with Cathy... Bella knows Jill well enough her morals and ideas of a perfect romance might be too big of a problem to even get into a relation with MC...
She is struggling with her own feelings, on the other hand she would hate to see Jill end up with Tybalt...
Mc ending up with JIll would probably mean an end to Bella's struggles...
Complicated characters usually don't work so well in the real world
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They are great in any story though !
but once Jill for the love of Mc decides to accept Tybalt's blackmail, how can Bella not consider it a serious relationship?
and having a date with Mc is supposed to help solidify Jill's relationship? every action she takes drives MC away from Jill, so much so that Mc's thoughts lead him to consider leaving Jill... not anything else
Bella doesn't have any treatment, she just sleeps at the DIKs. sure she used the super threatening look but I don't think it's an absolute guarantee that the rumour doesn't go to BR...