The narrative follows Alejandro, an attractive and bright foreman who rises from rags to riches to avenge those who wronged him. After finding love with Mariana, a beautiful woman from high society, Alejandro becomes the victim of a conspiracy designed to separate them. Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Alejandro escapes twenty years later, returning as the powerful Count of Montenegro looking for revenge. What unfolds is a dramatic tale filled with passion, treachery, and vengeance.