The 39-year-old fashion designer, Marie, has a 16-year-old son named Martin from her first and only marriage, with whom she maintains an open and trusting relationship.

After careful consideration and without his knowledge, she decides to have an abortion for the child she is expecting from him, and simultaneously to separate from him and live alone.

Jérôme, the husband of one of these friends, attempts suicide because he faces dismissal, but is saved by the resolute intervention of Marie and his wife, Gabrielle.

To help him, Marie arranges to meet with her ex-husband Georges, who is involved in the streamlining associated with the merger of several fashion companies in a prominent position.

During a preliminary final meeting with him, Marie feels her belief confirmed that she apparently "cannot have a man and a child at the same time," as Georges informs her that he will leave the company and Paris – with his girlfriend, who would "drop everything" for him.