A girl gets on a bus and sits in the same row as Albert and his daughter. She instantly connects with his crying baby. Albert is awed by the lady’s mystery. On the next stop, she leaves a book behind with her picture in it and that is the last Albert or the baby sees of her. After 6 years, Pippa still yearns for her mother and throws tantrums to get her father’s attention. Through the years, Zita calms her grandchild down by showing the stranger’s picture. Zita creates images and stories of an absentee yet heroic and adventurous mom. They are actually shielding the child from the truth of being abandoned by her own mother. On the other hand, the feisty but directionless Joanna quits yet another job. In one stint in a children's party, Pippa sees and recognizes Joanna as her mother. Albert and Zita persuade Joanna to act as Pippa’s mother and help them tell the truth in time. Joanna agrees to take the job for a hefty price to fund her plan of flying to New Zealand. At the onset, she treats the deal as pure business, however, she begins to be devoted to the child.  Albert and Joanna always clash with each other until one day the flame of love sets them on fire, both forgetting it’s only a charade.