Shortly before his death, general Francisco Ortiz marries Virginia and appoints her as his sole heiress. When Virginia and her younger brother Diego arrive to the town of San Francisco de los Arenales to bury the general, accompanied with the nephew of captain Fernando Ortiz, who despises Virginia, believing that she is a gold-digger who married her uncle for his fortune. The only person that receives Virginia politely in the town is the municipal President, Dr. José Guadalupe Cruz, a good and honest man whose wife, Blanca, suffers from a terminal disease. Virginia is surprised to see the ranch of the general is abandoned, without knowing that this is work of the mother of Fernando, Aurelia, who has allied with the administrator, Cristóbal, to steal the fortune that Virginia has inherited. Aurelia hates Virginia and will try with all means that Virginia leaves the ranch because she knows if she does so, she will lose her inheritance, but if she doesn't, Aurelia is ready to resort to violence. Her hatred is even greater when she realizes that Fernando is madly love with Virginia, although Virginia only sees him as a good friend. When Virginia meets Blanca, a sincere friendship begins between them. José Guadalupe ignores that Blanca is aware of his infidelity with a selfish and ambitious woman named Olga. Knowing that he has little time of life, Blanca fears for the happiness of her husband and her daughter Marisol if he were to marry Olga. Unintentionally, a passionate love is born between Virginia and José Guadalupe. Both refuse to accept it and treat each other with hostility, because they know that giving themselves to that love would be betraying the trust of Blanca. After a marriage which was never consummated, Virginia will now have to combat hatred and the ambition of Aurelia and Cristóbal, while trying uselessly to ignore the love that she feels for José Guadalupe.
Cast
Adela Noriega as Virginia Alfaro del Sur
Jorge Salinas as José Guadalupe Cruz Serrano - Killed by Cristobal
Sergio Sendel as Fernando Ortiz Betancourt
Lilia Aragón as Aurelia Betancourt Vda. de Ortiz - Main villain, ends up vagabond
Roberto Ballesteros as Cristóbal - Villain, killed by José Guadalupe
César Évora as Edmundo Rivadeneira "El Loco Serenata"
Arleth Terán as Olga Barquín - Villain, commits suicide by being defaced
Natalia Esperón as Blanca de la Fuente de Cruz - Dies of a disease
Otto Sirgo as Dr. Misael Mendoza*Delia Casanova as Clemencia
Luis Bayardo as Sergio Valdez
Lourdes Munguía as Aída Palacios
Carlos Cámara Jr. as Arturo Palacios - Villain, dies of a shot
Martha Ofelia Galindo as Mariana
Arlette Pacheco as Soledad Rivadeneira
Eugenio Cobo as Father Matías
Alejandro Ruiz as Loreto Arriaga
Oscar Traven as Rolando Palacios
Hilda Aguirre as Raquela Palacios
Juan Ignacio Aranda as Dante
Raúl Sebastián Villarreal as Diego Alfaro
Kendra Santacruz as Marisol Cruz de la Fuente - Dies after fall of the horse