Headscratchers / The Affair

• One of the reasons why Alison didn't reveal to anyone that she was with Scott right when he died in the hit and run accident with Noah and Helen is because he had previously attempted to force himself on her and it would make her look guilty. Does she fear they'll think she lured into an trap.
• Margaret, being Margaret to Noah, tells him to stop taking the books in the house as they might qualified as an valuable asset in the divorce court proceeding. How are books a majority of people wouldn't read on a regular basis valuable?!