Eighteen years ago, Augusto's wife, Rosario, abandoned him and ran off with her lover, leaving their two-year-old daughter behind.
One day, they accidentally met each other, and in an attempt to impress him, Ivana went overboard by exaggerating about her education and her family's wealth.
Before Rosario left with her lover, she entrusted young Ivana to Esther, who was unwilling to care for the baby.
While on a trip abroad, Rosario was involved in an accident that left her in a wheelchair, with no memory of her daughter or the husband she abandoned.
Augusto, Ivana's real father, married Sonia, a wealthy widow who had become jealous, straining their relationship.