An unsuccessful love experience leaves a deep mark on Lizzie Brown's soul: she is painfully vulnerable, she is afraid of hobbies and... men like fire. Chance brings her to Michael Mitchell, and this meeting radically changes her measured life, entirely devoted to work. The flesh and mind of a young woman come into irreconcilable conflict with each other. The call of the body is muffled by reproaches of conscience and prohibitions created by herself. But, constantly rejecting Michael’s polite advances, Lizzie comes to the conclusion that this cannot continue indefinitely. Sooner or later, Michael will get tired of this and she will find herself rejected by the most attractive man in the world. In addition, Lizzie discovers a strange dependence on this person and is afraid to admit to herself that she enjoys this dependence.