Maki was left traumatized by the domestic abuse she suffered at the hands of her former husband. Determined to become a stronger woman, she rebuilt her life until Satoru, a coworker ten years her senior, proposed and she remarried. Gentle Satoru never even asks her for sex, apparently out of consideration for her lingering unease around men. But after moving into his family home, Maki discovers that his restraint is not kindness at all—it comes from the deep masochistic streak running through his entire family...