Rie met her husband at work, married him after an office romance, and left her job. One day she receives an unexpected email from Hirai, her former boss. He says he became entangled in a financial scandal at the company, resigned, and was abandoned by his wife. Feeling sorry for the once-proud boss who has fallen so far that he must beg a former subordinate for a loan, Rie secretly lends him money without telling her husband.