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 is filled with hatred upon hearing Ginebra's confession and assures her that she would have liked him to die inside her womb. Paz arrives at the prison and slaps Ginebra, she mocks the pain she caused him for having taken her daughter from her. Elvira recognizes that she judged Paz without first knowing her and accepts that she hurt her a lot, so she asks for his forgiveness. Paz appreciates her apology and accepts it. Esteban visits Ginebra in prison to inform her that Mauro betrayed her since he helped set her up. Ginebra threatens Filipa with causing her a slow and painful death if she finds out from her that she too betrayed her.