Juan de la Cruz, the son of a wealthy family who is studying to become a priest at the behest of his devout mother, spends a night of passion with Luciana, a young orphan who works as a maid in the family home. Luciana, alone and desperate, after becoming pregnant, decides to abandon her daughter at the gates of a mansion. 20 years later, having become the owner of a prestigious fashion house, she discovers that her daughter Cristina was raised in an orphanage and is the beautiful young woman who has found a job in her company.