[3] As a child, Sofia saw her mother, Cléo, imprisoned and unjustly killed by her aunt Lola, an ambitious and unscrupulous woman.

With no nowhere to go, Sofia is taken in by the loving Paixão family, led by the mysterious Elvira, who is also suffering because her daughter Rebeca, an aspiring model, ended up in hospital after unsuccessful plastic surgery.

In her obsession, Sofia is reunited with a childhood sweetheart, Gabriel, son of Lola and Rubém, whose dream is to become a policeman like his father, questioning her own steps and discovering that doing justice comes at a very high price.

[12] In September 2022, after several postponements, the telenovela was temporarily canceled due to the merger between Warner and Discovery, but Raphael continued developing it and delivered all the written episodes.

[13][14] The show was originally to have been directed by Joana Jabace, who left the production after the temporary cancellation, being replaced by Maria de Medicis.