Lee holloway (maggie gyllenhaal maggie gyllenhaal) lives in a discordant family. She has been "self-destructive" since she was a child. After a period of treatment in the psychotherapy center, she will reintegrate into normal life. So she studied typing and got a job as a typist in a law firm. At first, Li had many typing problems, which was discovered by her employer E Edward Grey (played by James Spader James Spader). Gray called Li to his office. In order to make Li deeply realize her mistake, he let Li lie prone on the table, and then he began to sexually abuse her with a whip. Over time, they developed a wonderful emotion, which weakened Li's "self-destruction" tendency on the other hand. Lee fell in love with Gray, but Gray was ashamed to let people know his quirks, so he fired Lee. Li's boyfriend Peter (Jeremy Davies Jeremy Davies) proposed to her and she agreed. However, on the wedding day, she fled to Gray's office. .....