Or perhaps she didn't tell Lena precisely because she knew her friend didn't want to hear anything about her ex-boyfriend at that moment. What would be the point of this? "Hey look, this is a photo of me in Axel's apartment." You'd need to be really socially dense to think it's a good idea.
Yeah, that's why she published it on her Peoplegram where she knew Lena would saw it. She could gave her heads up, warned her that she will work with Axel, but for some reason she didn't.
Or it's a simple and genuine question. Again, as far as Ivy knows, Lena and Axel have both moved on, and Lena has no interest in sex with Axel -- she potentially has a new boyfriend and also repeatedly told Ivy she doesn't want any relationship with Axel.
It's not so much a "wink wink nudge nudge" but "But nothing happened, right, you've told me yourself you don't want him, so why are you busting my proverbial balls over simply being late?"
Yeah, Lena needed her, Ivy bailed on her and she's like, nothing happened right? She's weirdly not interested in how it went. Well, maybe because she knows.
Ivy tells Lena she doesn't have to freak out so much over sleeping with Axel, or feel so guilty about still wanting his cock. If she wants, she can sleep with him and Ian both. Which is true. It's something for Lena to decide, Ivy isn't Ian's keeper.
She strongly suggest it, she's pushing her in that direction
Given that Ivy isn't an idiot then why would she want to be a "snake" for her best friend? If she wanted to mess Lena's life then she gets many more opportunities, like spiking her drink with drugs when Lena tells her she doesn't want any. But instead she respects Lena's choice. So, if she demonstrates that she does care and respect what Lena wants, why do you presume she'd act exactly opposite?
I don't think Ivy hates Lena, so she wouldn't do anything mean to her out of spite. But what she values the most? Fun and having money to have fun. So if Axel is her gateway to fame, she could give Lena to him on a silver platter and have no regrets, her friend would be a necessary sacrifice. She may even rationalize it - Lena is not ready for a serious relationship, she need to have some fun.
People wrote that last chapter changed their view on Ivy, but in my case it only strengthen my suspicions. Ivy has no issue with using Lena emotional distress to take her to bed, so she has no problems with using her friend.
I'm not saying your theory is impossible, but it'd be very much an asspull given what overall we're shown when it comes to Lena/Ivy
I disagree. I think that if all clues turn to be red herrings, it would be bad writing.
Of course, it's also possible that Axel left polaroids in Lena's notebook by accident, but is it the most likely? Not really.