Once he refused to admit to it, Lily kicked him out. When they were fighting about it, Ryle pushed Lily down the stairs. Later, Ryle found Atlas’ phone number in the back of Lily’s phone. Before Atlas left, he wrote his phone number on a piece of paper and asked her to put it in the back of her phone in case she needed him to come to save her.Įverything was getting better Ryle had proposed to Lily and they ended up eloping soon after. The next day, Atlas came to Lily’s new flower shop with a gift to apologize for his actions. Ryle then found the two of them talking and Atlas lunged at him, eventually throwing Ryle out of the restaurant. She tried to defend Ryle, but Atlas was not convinced. Later that night, on her way to the restroom, Atlas stopped Lily and confronted her. Atlas had clearly come to the conclusion that Ryle had hurt her. As soon as she saw Atlas, he froze and looked at Ryle. Lily was hesitant to go because she was worried how Atlas would react to her abused look from the previous night. The next day, Lily, Ryle, Ryle’s sister and Lily’s close friend, Allysa, and their brother-in-law, Marshall, went to the restaurant where Atlas worked.

The couple had gotten into a fight and Ryle lashed out and ended up hurting Lily. Soon after the dinner, Ryle started to show his anger. Lily had felt some closure after seeing Atlas that night.

After Lily had given birth to their daughter, Emerson Dory Kincaid, she asked for a divorce due to her husband’s abusive and manipulative nature.Īt the beginning of “It Ends with Us,” Lily reconnects with her first boyfriend, Atlas, while having dinner with her mother and Ryle, who, at that point, was her boyfriend. “It Starts with Us” by Colleen Hoover is a thrilling sequel to “It Ends with Us,” which gives the story on why the protagonist, Lily, and her ex-husband, Ryle, filed for divorce.

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