Juanita Cruz, also known as Nita, is the only daughter of Don Macario and Doña Beatriz, one of the most affluent families from the town of Salog (now known as Jaro) in the province of Iloilo.
Her fate starts to change when she meets the already fine man named Elias, the only brother of her friend Lina.
Since Elias’ family belongs to a lower social status, Nita's parents and brothers, Edgar and Chito, are against their relationship.
The day before Elias leaves the country to study in Spain under a scholarship grant, the lovers secretly meet in a garden.
Later on, Nita can no longer bear her sufferings, so decides to leave their house and finds herself challenged by the waves of fate that would have drowned her in uncharted depths of the ocean.