The story takes place entirely in the city of Arequipa, where Azucena Ruiz, who meets Adrián in a motorcycle accident. Adrián has a brother, Santiago Elguera, a prosperous businessman of alpaca and vicuña cloth, owner of Corporación Inca. His rival is Simón Cornejo, who promotes the hunting of vicuñas. Azucena will start in the Elguera home as governess of Santiago's three youngest daughters. Adrián and Azucena begin a friendship, but Santiago gets in the way and also falls in love with her.