Ángela is a nurse and medical student who lives in a town near the sea. She is seduced by Álvaro, an ambitious young man who visits the town on a business trip to build a hospital. They get married but then he leaves her and returns to Mexico City to get engaged and marries Samantha. Ángela goes to Mexico City in search of Álvaro, discovers the deception and meets Leonardo, a doctor who falls in love with her.