Clara Bennett gave up her world-class cardiothoracic practice to spend three quiet years cooking for her neurosurgeon husband Ethan. When Ethan invites his ailing ex-lover into their master bedroom and insults Clara's domestic sacrifices, Clara reaches her limit and delivers divorce papers he carelessly signs.
During their mandatory separation period, Clara returns to the operating theater in secret, even saving the mistress's life on the table before walking away forever. When Ethan uncovers his modest wife is the celebrated specialist he spent months trying to hire, he pursues her frantically, but Clara refuses to look back.
