Naples. Lisa Marcelli is a young widow that is looking for a job and she does everything she can to find one. Fortunately she finds a job as junior litigator in the law firm of Enrico Vinci, a fascinating man but with a bad temper. She doesn't tell him that she has two kids because she knows that otherwise she would lose her job. At the lawfirm, Marta is jealous of her because she wants to marry Enrico.