Marisol has a pain-ridden life. She has a disfiguring scar on her face from a piece of a broken mirror she fell on as a child. She must sell paper flowers to make money to support herself and her dying mother Sofia, who is carrying a heavy secret and realizes she must tell Marisol the truth before she dies and leaves her alone with Mario, her sleazy boyfriend. Unfortunately, Sofia dies without revealing that Marisol is really the granddaughter of Don Alonso Garcés del Valle, the patriarch of a very rich family, which includes handsome, amiable painter José Andrés, also one of Alonso's grandchildren--or is he? To complicate matters, José Andrés and Marisol fall in love with each other--although they're engaged to other people--both completely in the dark about their true identities.