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 visits Paz to ask her not to become a temptation for Esteban since it would be very humiliating to settle for the position of lover. Mauro is sure that Geneva's opposition to her love for Mireya is due to the fact that she cannot bear to remember when they were poor, and she also implores him to stop harming innocent beings. Ginebra gives Eder an injection so that he can recover her health, Esteban thanks his wife for saving his son. Filipa looks for Humberto to ask for her help as a lawyer since she fears for her life because of Ginebra, and she also reveals that Sandro is not her son. Filipa contacts Ginebra to inform her that she received some threatening letters, she asks her to disappear for a couple of days.