Matilda is a baroness who supports her family's business while taking care of her sickly younger sister. Although she dreams of freedom, she spends her days being exploited and pushed around by her selfish parents. One day, she joins an evening performance and plays the part perfectly, which leads to her being discovered by the young frontiersman Curtis, who asks her to marry him on contract. Matilda begins a new life on the frontier as a contract wife during the four years of Curtis' reign. She contributes to the development of the territory and gradually becomes loved by the people as the wife of the frontier countess. On the other hand, Curtis' heart is moved by the sight of his wife, who is treated coldly but performs perfectly...? A sweet love fantasy about a hard-working, simple, talented woman and a frontier countess who is indifferent to love!