When Jaime Aguirre refuses to evict one of Altagracia's property for construction, she has him arrested; Saul, his son and lawyer gate-crashes one of Altagracia's parties.
Altagracia orders Guillermo's murder and sends a false confession to the press; Saúl accuses the Doña of not having a heart; Yesenia offers Lazaro an alliance.
Altagracia helps a wounded Margarita get to a hospital and later finds a connection between the tattoos of the men who attacked Margarita and those of the men who raped her and killed her parents.
Altagracia Sandoval has the information she needs, but first she must make sure Miguel Preciado is the Monkey she's after. Saul also travels to Veracruz.
Altagracia employs her business persona to meet her worst enemy and causes an accident that forces him to reveal the tattoo that identifies him as the murderer.
Altagracia and Saul kiss for the first time. Ximena's suspicions that Saul is keeping things from her are confirmed after he admits he and Altagracia were together but didn't make love. Ximena breaks up with him and goes to Veracruz.
Ximena surprises Lady Altagracia with a visit, but she's no match for Altagracia's shrewdness: a job offer in Madrid and a suitcase filled with money are enough to persuade her to leave the country. Saul rescues Monica.
The fate of Miguel Preciado is in Altagracia's hands. Armed with a shotgun, she demands to know the names of his four accomplices. Meanwhile, Saul goes after Ximena at the airport.
Braulio is charged with torturing Miguel Preciado for information, Monica has high hopes for her and Saul, and Felipe discovers that Lady Altagracia has been drugging him to sexually incapacitate him.
Felipe discovers that Altagracia used him to acquire more properties and decides to get revenge on her for humiliating him. Gabino steals a kiss from Monica, who tells him she's in love with someone else.
News of the expropriation infuriate Saul, who finds Altagracia and tells her that her strategy of seducing him so he'd let his guard down worked. They kiss and Felipe catches them red-handed.
Saul wakes up from the coma and swears to get revenge on Felipe, but Altagracia talks him out of it. Meanwhile, Miguel Preciado recognizes one of his accomplices, a colonel, and Valeria seduces Lopecito.
Monica visits Saul at the hospital and questions him. He tries to find out if she knows anything and tells her he loves her like a little sister. Lady Altagracia gets revenge on Miguel Preciado.
Saul is discharged from the hospital and he and Altagracia make love for the first time. Meanwhile, Lady Altagracia and Felipe's divorce is made official and Valeria belittles Lopecito.
At a press conference, Felipe confirms that he and Lady Altagracia are no longer together and accuses her of swindling him. Monica suspects Saul and Altagracia spent the night together and becomes distant.
Lady Altagracia tells Saul and her team that she won't fight for the Aguirres' tenement, Yesenia tries to give Saul a reality check, and it's decided that Braulio will run for Congress.
Saul is the main suspect in Miguel Preciado's disappearance and he lets Lady Altagracia know he's upset about it. Monica remains oblivious to the fact that Lazaro's not her real father.
Felipe wakes up with a gun in his hand and an unpleasant surprise, Lazaro shows symptoms of another illness, and Monica gives Saul a rude awakening after he finds her and Gabino together.
Saul, trying to find out the truth about what happened to Miguel Preciado, goes with Lopecito to Veracruz, where they trace Preciado's last steps. Meanwhile, Lady Altagracia visits Felipe in prison and gives Monica money.
Yesenia visits Lady Altagracia to tell her that her daughter died, but Altagracia refuses to believe it. Regina tries to get Altagracia to open up, but fails. Altagracia blames Lazaro for her daughter's death and Felipe recants on TV.