Sonya Bagritskaya, a young and attractive person, a successful department head at a recruitment agency, is ready to do anything to achieve the reciprocity of her beloved man. She watches his every move, weaves cunning intrigues, discourages rivals by any means, even illicit ones. But suddenly a thought so simple in its obviousness comes to her: is the object of her adoration worth such efforts? Deep disappointment, fear of loneliness, remorse bring the girl to the fatal line...