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.
Suspicioning that Paz may have Samara, Ginebra threatens Fermín with harming him so that he reveals the truth; He manages to convince them that Paz does not have her daughter. Fobo tries to comfort Elvira with a hug, she asks him not to show her affection since she does not want to confuse him and even more so now that she does not accept Esteban's relationship with Paz. Fermín does not want Paz to be happy with Esteban, so he proposes to Ginebra to join forces to destroy them. Elvira objects to sharing her house with Paz's family, Esteban warns her that he is not going to allow them to leave, but Ginebra surprises them with her announcement.