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 reveals to Paz that he only saw her as a game and got carried away by the moment; Paz, feeling humiliated, slaps him. Ginebra visits Paz in jail to inform her that Sam hates her since she testified against her and she is willing to tell the truth to contradict her lie. Mauro reveals to Ginebra that she injected Esteban with an animal tracker and this way they will know where she is and they will be able to intervene all the information that is around her. Bosco is very concerned about Gala's situation so he asks her if she has an eating disorder to which she answers yes.