although ana paula and fernando develop a close friendship, she cannot stop thinking about aníbal, the man of her dreams. aníbal is the opposite of fernando: he is proud and arrogant, looks down upon people below his class, and would not even bother to look at a girl like ana paula twice. however, a misunderstanding brings aníbal and ana paula together when he mistakes her for catalina lampedusa, an italian aristocrat known as the countess of cogorno.