On the way to work, Rims O'Neil tells Bobby Halevy, a secretary at Mengle's, an importing company where they are both employed, that he intends to apply to run the Havana office. His plans are dashed when he learns that Adolph Mengle, the head of the company, wants his son Adolph Jr., to learn the business and then open the Havana office. Rims immediately realizes that Junior is attracted to Bobby, and Bobby pretends to return his interest in order to make Rims jealous. One night when Bobby, Junior and Mengle have been working late, Junior takes Bobby home. Rims sees them arrive, assumes that Bobby was having dinner with Junior, and quarrels with her. At Junior's suggestion, Mengle decides to send Rims to Havana after all. Although he is not happy about leaving Bobby alone to face Junior's advances, Rims accepts the job. He talks Bobby into accompanying him to the boat and, by the time they arrive, has asked her to marry him. Furious that no one will be in Havana to handle the office, Mengle fires Rims. For a while Bobby and Rims are happy, but money problems and constant visits from Bobby's family take their toll. Bobby leaves Rims and goes back to work at Mengle's. Rims tracks her down and Mengle offers him the Havana job again. Junior intervenes, bringing Bobby and Rims together. Bobby finally stands up to her family and later, she tells Rims that domesticity was their problem. Inspired by Bobby's belief that they should behave as lovers, not married people, they agree to try again.