Rubí Pérez is a very beautiful but poor woman who is obsessed with money. She studies at an exclusive university thanks to the financial support from Cristina, her hard-working older sister. Rubí hopes to become rich by befriending rich people. She is best friends with Maribel de la Fuente, a kind and wealthy young woman with a paralyzed leg, which prevents her from having a normal social life. She’s actually jealous of Maribel's social status while she is looking for a rich man to become rich as well.