Calixto Maldonado is a working-class man who owes everything to Augusto Marquez-Cata, an ambitious politician who is his best friend. Due to their strong friendship, Calixto has the opportunity of entering and interacting in the social and financial circles of high society, therefore making him Augusto's figurehead. However, their close friendship will be put to the test with the arrival of a young and beautiful woman with two names, Margarita Guanchez who comes from an affluent family in the provinces to escape to the city.