律师莲见杏子以生孩子为契机辞掉了工作,成为全职主妇,支持身为精英检察官的丈夫,养育孩子,守护着家庭。然而,某天,担任东京地检特搜部部长的丈夫突然因涉嫌渎职被捕。而且,他与女性的绯闻也曝光了。从那以后,作为“贤妻”为家人奉献出一切的杏子,经历了天翻地覆的人生。有关丈夫性丑闻的真相扑朔迷离,为了保护孩子,杏子决定重入职场。在司法实习生时代的同期帮助下,她被法律事务所录用。时隔16年重返律师界。工作空窗期、对丈夫的怀疑以及与同期的重逢,面对这种种困难陷入苦战的杏子毫不气馁,坚强面对。Former lawyer Hasumi Kyoko is gratified to be a mother and housewife while her husband works as a prosecutor and investigator in Tokyo. Their world is turned upside down., however, when the husband is charged with corruption and arrested. The wife has little choice but to return to the world of law and working full-time.