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.
Paz tells Humberto that she has already been betrayed by two men who swore their love for her, so she is not willing to fall into another game and asks him to only focus on getting her out of jail. Esteban assures Gala that Ginebra is a good mother, it's just that she is a victim of the circumstances that her life has presented to him. Esteban confronts Ginebra for being responsible for Berenice's death since he is sure that he was only interested in killing his wife to take over the family fortune. Ginebra challenges Esteban and asks him to kiss her as if she were Paz and only then will she stop threatening her family.