Leon had not loved his wife for a long time and perceived marriage rather as an imposed obligation. He had cheated on his wife more than once without any shame or guilt. He considered her a boring, unattractive woman, seeing all her shortcomings; she did not have an ideal body, she was a woman over thirty, she had unsightly stretch marks on her stomach after two pregnancies, she looked eternally tired and there was absolutely nothing "pretty" about her, which is why the man himself sometimes wondered how he could marry such a woman. But he never refused the adventure of having fun with some young sexy student right on the marital bed when his wife was not at home, or within the confines of his own office. He had long since stopped perceiving his wife as a woman and perceived her only as something due. He returned from work late in the evening. Margot was preparing dinner at that time. He looked at her in the kitchen without much interest and passed by her into the bedroom, wanting to change.