Amores verdaderos

The story begins when Victoria Balvanera, the owner of a huge mansion and a prestigious advertising agency, suffers an attempted kidnapping on the family farm; José Ángel Arriaga, who comes to request the position of foreman for him, saves her from the criminals. After this altercation, Victoria decides to hire Arriaga as her personal bodyguard, and the times they spend together will cause a true love to emerge between them, but their love is impossible as they are both married respectively.

Victoria is the wife of Nelson Brizz, who married her only for her interest. Their daughter, Nikki, is a capricious and haughty young woman who keeps her serious problem of bulimia and anorexia a secret. Nikki adores her parents and her grandfather Aníbal Balvanera, a regal, domineering and shrewd man who manipulates the lives of her daughters Victoria and Adriana. When Victoria discovers that Nelson has an affair with supermodel Kendra Ferreti and she is going to have a child with him, Victoria demands for a divorce but Nelson refuses to leave; on the other hand, Arriaga suffers the loss of his wife Cristina Corona, who died in an accident shortly after learning that she was Aníbal's daughter and a result of the relationship that her mother had with him many years ago.

Arriaga's daughter Liliana mourns the loss of her supposed mother without knowing that her real mother is Adriana. When Liliana begins working as a gardener at the Balvanera mansion, she endures Nikki's constant rudeness and mistreatment, as Nikki insists on emphasizing their social differences. However, their dynamic shifts when Liliana discovers that she is also a Balvanera, giving her the strength to compete with Nikki for the love of Francisco Guzmán, Nikki's personal bodyguard. Despite Nikki's initial attempts to make Guzmán's life miserable, she ultimately and unexpectedly falls madly in love with him. As a result of a series of misunderstandings, Nikki is forced into a loveless marriage with tennis player Roy Pavía while thinking that Guzmán loves Liliana. Roy accepted the marriage following the instructions of his mother since they see in Nikki the chance to escape bankruptcy. This marriage turned out to be a complete hell for both Nikki and Roy. Guzmán is forced to marry Liliana after a tragic event that left her in agony, and Nikki is deeply affected by this situation as when she meets Guzmán again after her separation from Roy, they both realize they still love each other.

Victoria, Arriaga, Nikki and Guzmán will have to overcome the obstacles of destiny as the only solution is to unite them together and achieve their true love.

The complete cast was announced on June 22, 2012.^[5][6] Filming of the telenovela began on July 23, 2012,^[7] and concluded on April 30, 2013.^[8] It was the first telenovela to have a 3-hour series finale presentation with commercials.^[9]