ana paula treviño dreams of falling in love with aníbal paz-soldán, one of the richest millionaires in the country. one day while walking in the streets, ana paula's purse is snatched, and she unfortunately mistakes a witness by-stander, fernando, to be the thief. fernando is captivated by ana paula's beauty and charm, and he is instantly attracted to her. fernando later discovers that ana paula is poor and must work hard in her father's boarding house in order to try to pay their debts. so, he decides to conquer ana paula's heart by omitting that he is a paz-soldán, and lying that he is merely an employee at the paz-soldán company.