Young widow Nora O'Malley returns to her native Chicago to make peace with her seriously ill father and introduce him to her two-year-old son. Wanting to thank the anonymous donor who sent a generous treat to the hospital, Nora calls the restaurant from which the food was delivered and makes sure that the benefactor is Reid Chamberlain - a millionaire, the owner of a hotel chain and her childhood friend. In the midst of their first date, Reid learns that Nora has a son. This discovery discourages the millionaire, and he decides to break off relations with the woman he has dreamed of meeting for fifteen years.