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.
Elvira can no longer hide her secret and reveals to Ginebra that she is the daughter she lost years ago and for that reason she wants her to be the president of her company. Esteban confesses to Paz that in order to help her, he needs to seduce Ginebra, she gets upset because she has feelings for him. Ginebra warns Paz that she will make sure he pays for all the damage she did to him, she assures him that she is innocent and she will prove it with evidence. Esteban and Gala witness Ginebra's evil against Sam and confirm that Paz always spoke the truth.