Due to his indecise nature, Kyoichi, an advertising company employee, repeatedly cheats on his wife. One day, he meets Wataru, an old classmate from university. Wataru reveals that Kyoichi's wife hired him to investigate whether Kyoichi is having an affair. Wataru, who has liked Kyoichi for the past 7 years, takes advantage of the situation and blackmails the salaryman: if he accepts to have a sexual relationship with him, he won't tell his wife about his infidelity.

森山实栗（新垣结衣 饰）自研究生毕业之后就一直仕途不顺，最近更是惨遭解雇，处于“无业游民”的状态之下，日子过得十分凄惨。经由父亲的介绍，无处可去的实栗来到了名为津崎平匡（星野源 饰）的单身男子家中，为其料理家事，就这样，二十五岁的实栗成为了一名家政妇。
实栗心地善良手脚 勤快，在她的安排和劳作下，平匡家中的一切被打理的井井有条，实栗因此获得了平匡的信赖，亦找到了生活的重心，重新振作了起来。然而好景不长，实栗的父母决定搬离此地，这也就意味着实栗必须“离职”。实在无法接受此事的实栗决定和平匡“契约结婚”，在外装做夫妻，在内依旧是雇主和职员。就这样，这对“孤男寡女”开始了他们的同居生活。