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 informs Esteban that Ginebra will not make it home since she went on a last-minute business trip; he makes a comment that leaves her thinking. Fermín sees a video of Sam asking for help to locate the daughter that was taken from Paz, he is filled with emotion and is determined to reveal the truth. Fobo makes Elvira see that Ginebra is hiding something from her since her sudden trip is a clear example of her, she gets upset with her, but he assures her that he doesn't want to see her suffer. Esteban manages to get Paz interviewed by a major television network so they can help him find her daughter María de la Paz. Ginebra announces to her enemies that she will not give up and if what they want is a confrontation, they will have it, because she will make them live in hell.