

And he happens to be his brother who thinks Atlas abandoned him. Atlas connects the dots and waits at his restaurant one night to catch the vandalizer. Unless one day she comes to his restaurant and reveals he has a baby brother Josh (aged 12) who’s missing. On the other hand, Atlas’ mother is back in the picture but he avoids her. Lily is afraid of his (unjustified) reaction and delays. And he hates Atlas, considering him the cause of their divorce. Lily has full custody but he can have Emmy for 2 days a week, flexible, but Lily doesn’t trust him enough to let Emmy have a sleepover. But since then, they’ve been co-parenting their daughter Emerson. She left him because he turned blind in his anger and harmed her. The obstacles between their loveĪlthough Lily and Atlas’ love started right where it was left off all those years ago, and they felt just as intensely for one another, there were new obstacles which surrounded them. They talk and Lily asks him to take it slow, and he is happy with that, as long as she wants him with her. But someone has been vandalizing his restaurants and he’s eager to find who- because it doesn’t seem like an act of hate, but desperation and hunger. He’s excited at the prospect of having Lily in his life again and looks forward to everything it entails.

One major highlight of this sequel is the introduction of Atlas’ point-of-view to the narrative. Both in a hurry, but Lily told Atlas that she’s ready to see what happens between them. Starting right off where It Ends with Us left off, it was when Atlas and Lily bumped into each other one and a half year after the birth of her daughter.
