Jack Whitman is a thirty-five-year-old vice president of a powerful multimedia corporation. He is rich, ambitious and terribly lonely: his pregnant wife recently died. One evening, while returning home on a subway train, Jack meets the eyes of a woman who leaves an indelible impression on him with her exotic beauty. Thus begins a light affair with dark-eyed Dolores. But soon this adventure turns into a nightmare for Jack, threatening his career, well-being and even life.