Orphan Henry McFarlane just moved to the country, as promised to his wife Allison. Now his whiskey firm boss Jack promotes him to international sales chief, she changes her tune and refuses to be 'just' the perfect wife-hostess, so the marriage dissolves and both commit adultery, ultimately finding out about each-other too. Henry is even adopted as successor by his childless boss. A distant, US-emigrated relative passes desperately in search of a bone-marrow donor for his teenage son Oliver. Henry uses that as clever lever, but it backfires.