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 confronts Humberto about the kindness he has towards Paz, his cousin confesses that he feels attracted to whoever was his girlfriend. Elvira opens her heart to Ginebra and reveals that she is beginning to have feelings for Fobo. Humberto informs Paz that there are no accusations against her for which the judge granted her freedom. Ginebra is determined to end Cobija, but the arrival of Elvira, Sam and 'Monito' ruins her plans.