I’m not sure about Ning and Mark. I’m not sure either of them honestly think it is going anywhere.
I found the sight of her desperately trying to sock it to him in the tree house sad. His integrity was in full force because he knew it was forced.
If he’d have been some of the others, he would have had the jollies.
I think he may say no - if there had been anything there, I don’t think his refusal of Ning would have been quite so firm. It is almost like he didn’t want to be that cad...