It Ends with Us

When Lily’s ankle is healed enough, she goes to the floral shop to check on Allysa. She is shocked at how much progress Allysa had made in her absence: the whole storefront is spotless, the things they deemed trash are gone, and everything else is organized. Together the women pick out paint colors and plan the opening date for the store. Lily keeps working after Allysa leaves, going home exhausted. She feels too tired to answer a knock at her door, but she gets up because Lucy is gone for the day.

Lily finds Ryle standing outside her door. Breathlessly, he explains that he knocked on 29 doors in the building before finally finding hers. Lily lets him inside. As he walks around, she is annoyed at how good he looks in his scrubs. He tells her he has another naked truth for her, and Lily waits patiently for him to continue. Ryle explains that instead of focusing on his work, all he can think about is Lily. He tells her that these are the two most important months of his residency, so he begs her to have sex with him so he can focus again.  

Lily asks Ryle if he’s gotten any sleep, and he admits he just got off a 48-hour shift. He asks her to have sex with him again, but Lily tells him no. She’s incredulous that he came all this way and knocked on every door to find her. Ryle keeps trying to convince her to be with him, just once. He gets down on his knees to plead with her, promising that he’ll never bother her again. Lily relents, but she tells Ryle he needs to wait for her to shower and get ready. They agree it will only be a one-time thing. Lily thinks it’s ultimately the way he looks in his scrubs that convinced her.

Lily takes her time in the bathroom after freaking out about her decision. She showers and blow dries her hair while trying to calm her nerves and convince herself she can be the type of person who has casual sex. But when she opens her door, she finds Ryle deeply asleep on her bed. She can’t wake him, so she crawls into bed beside him. Before turning out the light, she takes a picture of herself on his phone, so he knows exactly what he missed by falling asleep.

In the morning, Lily can feel Ryle caressing her arm before she opens her eyes. He runs his fingers over the tattoo of an open heart on her shoulder. She feels him kiss it. He wakes her and apologizes for falling asleep. Ryle kisses her forehead, then he tells her he has to leave for work. He apologizes again and promises her he'll never bother her again. Lily tries to pretend she isn’t disappointed by this. They wish each other luck in accomplishing their dreams, then Ryle leaves. As she lies in bed, Lily tries to convince herself that she’s too busy building her business to fall in love anyway.