Mz never questioned that no means no, only that events before Cheryl finally said "no" could have played out differently if she were faster to react to his pret

Mz never questioned that no means no, only that events before Cheryl finally said "no" could have played out differently if she were faster to react to his pretty obvious sexual moves. And that it is unclear why he believed that she would want to sleep with him in the first place and was surprised when she refused and felt offended. Feel free to defend Cheryl by saying that she was worried he would refuse to finance her if she kicked him out, even though in fact she ultimately did kick him out and he still signed the deal regardless. Even though tolerating sexual advances in expectation of financial gain could be seen as borderline prostitution by some - maybe she really didn't want it to be that way, we get it. But don't pretend that she wouldn't have been much safer if she were more assertive from the beginning.