Paula Bernal and Rogelio Iturbide are two people with very different lives who, when they meet, decide to get married without notifying Rogelio's family, especially the matriarch of the family, Martina Rangel.
Paula and Rogelio's whirlwind of romance leads the two to marry in secret. When Paula arrives at Rogelio's family home, her controlling and manipulative mother Martina becomes obsessed with ruining Paula's life.