妻の明花と職場結婚して5年、妻は息子を出産し育休に入っていましたが「仕事も子育ても両立するから」と強い希望で職場復帰を果たしました。ただ、働けるのは息子を保育園に預けている時間だけ。なので少しでも妻のためになるのなら、と妻の仕事も請け負い毎日残業を強いられていました。ですが、妻の目には育児に非協力な夫として映っていたのでしょう。明花の心の隙を部長が付け狙っているなんてこの時は気付いていませんでした…。

My wife, Akika, and I met at work five years ago. She gave birth to our son and went on maternity leave, but she returned to work with a strong desire to "balance work and care." However, she could only work while our son was at daycare. So, wanting to help my wife in any way I could, I took on some of her work, which meant I was ****** to work overtime every day. But in my wife's eyes, I must have appeared as an unsupportive husband when it came to care. At the time, I had no idea that the department head was taking advantage of Akika's vulnerability…