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.
Ginebra victimizes Elvira and assures her that she always needed her as a mother since she grew up alone and was always exposed to many dangers. Esteban confirms that Ginebra broke up with her husband Elías and that he is next on her list. Esteban faces Ginebra's evil and she is forced to attack him since she is not going to allow him to denounce her and end up imprisoned. Ginebra warns Esteban that she wants him for herself so she demands that he break up with Paz. He assures her that he would rather be dead than be her partner.