Abel is blindsided when the beautiful Marianne tells him one morning that he has to leave their apartment immediately. The reason: she is pregnant - by his best friend Paul. Eight years later, the two meet again after Paul's sudden death at his funeral. Abel is still attracted to Marianne and soon moves back in with her at her old place. The new romance between the two attracts the jealousy of two people: Marianne's son Joseph, who does not want to see his deceased father replaced by Abel, and Paul's sister Eve, who has been in love with Abel for a long time and will not stand idly by and watch this new relationship.