On Wall Street in New York, millionaire entrepreneur Steven Taylor owns a lot of stocks, but money cannot satisfy him. In fact, what he longs for most is the love and love of his wife. loyalty. He regarded the young and beautiful Emily as the greatest asset in his life, although he never told his wife how deep his love was. But Emily doesn't want to be a vase in her husband's world. She is smart and proficient in multiple languages, which gives her the opportunity to be an assistant to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. In an accidental social occasion, she met David Shaw, a poor but talented painter. From him, Emily felt the passion that Steven could not give her. Emily and David fell in love and had frequent trysts in David's apartment. David hopes that Emily will end her unhappy marriage as soon as possible and start their new life.
The secret of Emily and David was eventually discovered by Steven. Jealousy and hatred rushed into his heart, driving him to murder his wife. He carefully planned a perfect murder that could completely exclude himself, and he could also legitimately get the property that Emily inherited from her parents. However, despite all the traps, a small mistake led to a total loss - there is no such thing as a perfect murder case...
Steven found David pretending to buy a painting and agreed to give him the money. He paid $500,000 to hire him to kill Emily and paid a deposit of 100,000 in advance. After consideration, David agreed. David had been in prison and found a repeat criminal to kill Emily. He planned the murder to be a burglary and the murder was discovered. Steven went to play cards that night to create an alibi, and called Emily during the process. He led Emily to the phone without saying a word. As planned, the thief attacked Emily from behind. Emily caught him during the struggle. The barbecue thermometer penetrated the thief's carotid artery and the thief died. David secretly recorded the conversation between Steven and himself, and used the tape to threaten Steven for the remaining 400,000. However, he was killed by Steven on the way out of New York, but David had already sent the tape to Emily. . Emily discovered that the key on her key chain could open the door to the thief's house. She suspected her husband because he was the only one who had the opportunity to change the key. After hearing the tape, she confirmed this. The couple argued and Emily opened the door in self-defense. The gun killed Steven.