1939. Maggie Howard was working at the War Office for Rupert Caroni, the assistant secretary to the War Cabinet Secretariat, also widely known as a poet.
Rupert was much older and married with two children. His wife was a cold woman who had never been able to satisfy Rupert's passionate nature. Now, divided by the demands of his job, Rupert found himself alone in London and falling in love, despite himself, with the dainty young girl who did his work so admirably.
It was a meeting of two like minds, two people who in spite of the difference of their back- grounds, were able to experience the most powerful emotions of their lives. Their feelings could only be heightened by the constant knowledge that in war-torn London, amid constant bombardment, each stolen moment might be their last.
Rupert was much older and married with two children. His wife was a cold woman who had never been able to satisfy Rupert's passionate nature. Now, divided by the demands of his job, Rupert found himself alone in London and falling in love, despite himself, with the dainty young girl who did his work so admirably.
It was a meeting of two like minds, two people who in spite of the difference of their back- grounds, were able to experience the most powerful emotions of their lives. Their feelings could only be heightened by the constant knowledge that in war-torn London, amid constant bombardment, each stolen moment might be their last.
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