since adnan is a wealthy widower, he attracts the attention of firdevs yöreoğlu, who has two daughters and has recently lost her husband. peyker yöreoğlu (firdevs's eldest daughter) marries nihat önal. while at their wedding, adnan and firdevs' youngest daughter, bihter yöreoğlu bond over the loss of their loved ones. adnan falls in love with the much younger and beautiful bihter. he proposes to her and she agrees to marry him even though she knows that her mother fancies him. there is no love left between mother and daughter as bihter blames her mother for her father's death after she cheated on him with another man. firdevs is also not a favorite of nihat's father, the rich but cunning businessman hilmi önal. hilmi dislikes firdevs because she is greedy, cunning and self-centered.; he vows to make her life a living hell.