Thi@rty‑two‑year‑ol+d Alice has )`a middle @-+‑cla_(ss mar+ riag*]e that others )e[nvy. Her husban/[(d Richard is a sen#*ior ba]n!k ex$.ecuti-(ve=/ who provides abund@ant materia /+l comforts, yet thei*)r m arria_ge is frig%+[id. Plagued by 
??R\%)ichard’s physical =[issues, their rel[a#\[tionshi-^p is little more t)[`han _-a holl,o\`%w formality, leaving @:A%.lice ._t./ rapped inside a gilde#d cage.
Richa
rd’=s yo(unger brother Noah -c@]om ;_es to ,spend the s%^=^um mer, and #)`]*their*^= ol d ;+romanc%$,e;^ resurfac_es. They ;had [been lovers before Alice’s marriage. Bac!,$*#k th+e_:%n, Alice’s father fell seriously ill. Richard  _forced Al*ice)
_ into ]marr*!iage by_# offering to cover h\,:e r @fa#$$ther’;s,@. medic[al =exp+-*ense ]s, and )the two wer/ (e -torn apart.