The story revolves around a chance encounter between a man and a woman, where the man proposes marriage to her after discovering she had tampered with a suitcase. The woman, initially hesitant, agrees to marry him when he offers to share his wealth and provide for her without expecting anything in return. The man is wealthy but lonely and desires companionship.

After they marry, the woman brings a friend to their luxurious apartment and reveals that her husband is blind and only wanted her for company. The friend convinces her to divorce him and take all his wealth. The woman agrees and decides to leave her husband, throwing him out when he returns home. The husband, surprised and heartbroken, realizes that she only married him for his money.

The story explores themes of greed, manipulation, loneliness, and betrayal. The man's generous intentions are taken advantage of, and the woman, driven by greed, chooses to abandon him once she secures his wealth.