Paz Roble, a kind, hard-working and honest woman from whom her husband, Fermín, takes her newborn daughter. Fermín has a large debt with some lenders and to pay it he decides to sell his daughter to Mauro Nicoliti. This plagiarism is orchestrated by Geneva, Mauro's adoptive sister. She lost her first-born daughter in childbirth and does everything to replace her dead daughter and keep her husband's fortune. On the other hand, Esteban Villa de Cortés loses his wife and becomes a widower with his three children. Elvira Moncada, Esteban's mother-in-law, holds him responsible for the death of her daughter. After a series of unexpected events, Esteban and Paz meet in the neighborhood where she lives with her family. The chemistry and great understanding that exists between them makes it inevitable that they will fall in love.
Esteban confesses to Kenzo that he was impressed when he met Paz since she has something special and reveals that he wants to see her again. Before finishing off Elias, Ginebra confesses to him that Samara does not carry his blood since her real daughter died at birth. Paz accepts the job that Esteban proposed, he visits her at her house to talk to her about her responsibilities, but Fermín finds them together.