Fernando tries to blackmail Don Bernardo by threatening to reveal that he has a lover. When Bernardo refuses to give in to his demands, Fernando provokes Bernardo's horse to fall and kill him.
Juan, Óscar and Franco Reyes arrive at Hacienda San Agustín and pretend to be looking for work in order to find the man who murdered their sister Libia.
Sofía feels a strong attraction to Juan but, because of her marriage to Fernando, she cannot act on her feelings. Fernando tries to abuse Sofia, and she escapes on horseback.
Juan can no longer hide what he feels for Sofía and decides to confess his love to her. Sofía has feelings for Juan as well, but her marriage to Fernando makes their love impossible.
Fernando insists that he is entitled to consummate his marriage to Sofía, but she refuses to go through with it because of the traumatic memories of her rape.
While Sofía is being taken to the monastery, Juan and Fernando encounter her. Juan is grateful to have saved her and almost reveals their secret affair.
After thinking it over, Sofía decides to go back to the convent on the condition that her grandfather is allowed to return and that she does not have to sleep with Fernando.
Fernando climbs up a rope to Sofía's window while she's sleeping. She's delighted by his surprise appearance and the two share an intimate moment that Fernando nearly interrupts.
Oscar falls into the arms of a new ballerina without knowing that Jimena has been watching him. Meanwhile, the authorities investigate the fire at the bakery to discover the culprit.
When Sofía arrives at the ranch to see her mother, Fernando follows her. Gabriela becomes furious when she sees Sofía and Fernando together and holds them at gunpoint.
Jimena and Óscar get married discretely in a civil ceremony. The truth comes out that Rosario is Sarita's sister and that Eva had a baby with her father.
