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.
Ginebra confesses to Mauro that she should have buried her feelings and not fallen in love with Esteban. Humberto remembers the numerical series that Esteban gave him and with it he manages to open a box and finds a memory, which could compromise Ginebra. Kenzo is determined to fight for the love he feels for Nandy and takes her to live in her apartment. Ginebra congratulates Jero for working as she asks him to and reveals that Gala will be her next victim, he assures her that her plan will end her career. Paz confesses to Gala that she resumed her relationship with Esteban, but she asks him to keep her secret since they are in danger. He reveals to her that Ginebra has threatened him.