It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

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The love story continues with Atlas Corrigan and Lily Bloom through It Starts with Us nearly a year after their last encounter. Lily’s daughter Emerson, who she had with her ex-husband and neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid, is 11 months old now. Lily and Atlas run into each other unexpectedly on the streets of Boston, but the encounter is short because they are both running late. After dropping Emmy off with Ryle, Lily returns to work unable to stop thinking about her run-in with Atlas. However, she is hesitant to text Atlas anticipating the negative reaction of her abusive ex-husband and father of her child.

Atlas talks to his coworker/friend’s son, Theo, about what happened with Lily. Theo encourages him to text her, but when Lily responds rather shortly, Atlas gets disappointed. When Lily returns to her apartment that evening, she finds her ex-husband and daughter inside. He reveals he wants to start having overnights with Emmy. She says Emmy will not be allowed to stay at Ryle’s apartment overnight until she can speak. She also asks for her apartment key back that Ryle has, and he begrudgingly gives it up.