Martin Stahl is an impeccable company executive — a cold strategist who tolerates no mistakes and manages his employees fairly, yet ruthlessly. The New Year’s corporate party is merely a formality for him, one in which he never truly relaxes, observing the celebration from the sidelines.

When the office empties and the employees, still in high spirits, head home, while the lights of the night city slowly fade, only the new employee and he remain.

She delays for just a few minutes, trying to call a taxi — and that turns out to be enough. The door closes with a quiet click of the lock, cutting them off from the outside world and the unwanted presence of others.

The last thing she expects to hear from her always strict and distant boss is an offer that makes her blood boil: annual bonuses, a contract, a future with the company — everything she has earned...

And everything he is willing to grant on his own terms.