Salma comes to the kitchen, she tells Matilde she was expecting to see Veronica here taking care of dinner. Salma tells Virginia she has two suitors, Martin and Emiliano, Virginia tells her she is only interested in Emiliano, Martin and Veronica walk in the kitchen, Salma reprimand Veronica for bringing a guest in the kitchen, Martin decides to take the blame, Veronica tells her she is here to check on dinner, Salma tells her it is too late, Virginia helps her to check everything, Salma asks Virginia to escort Martin out, Salma tells Veronica to be ashamed of herself for coming between Virginia and Martin, she tells her to behave like a decent girl and not to follow her mother footsteps, Veronica warns her not to ever talk about her mother again and leave the kitchen, Virginia reassures Martin he didn’t put Veronica in trouble, she and Aunt Salma never get along anyway, Martin wants to know more, but Virginia doesn’t like saying bad thing about people, Martin has his own impression about Veronica, Emiliano joins them and introduces his friend Nicolas to them, Matilde joins Veronica in her room, she is concerned about what Salma just told her, Veronica tells her she is getting frustrated by Salma always mentioning her mother in every discussion, she is not to be blamed for her mother’s decision, Matilde thinks Martin likes her, is he the guy from the club, Veronica smile and say yes, they have a lot of thing in common but Aunt Salma says he likes Virginia first. Dinner is served, Nicolas says Emiliano is good at fencing but Veronica is the best, she informs them that tomorrow she has a match with Martin, Emiliano says she is hurt it is not idea, she asks him not to worry Martin is also hurt, and beside it is just a game, after all Martin isn’t going to hurt her, Martin smiles.
Jorge welcome Emiliano home and announce that he is going to take over the company, Emiliano leaves the table, Virginia follows him, he asks her to leave him alone, she reproaches him for feeling nothing but pity for her, Martin asks Veronica to come with him Jorge doesn’t think Veronica should trust Martin, Salma tells him that Veronica knows Martin is interested in Virginia that is why she is behaving this way, she thinks it is better this way so Emiliano can marry Virginia, Jorge says he rather thinks Emilia will marry Veronica Salma get angry she will never allow her son to marry her. Emiliano tells Virginia he doesn’t feel sorry for her, she tells him she loves him and wants to hear that he loves her too not as a cousin but as a woman, she holds his head and tries to kiss him, Jorge reproaches Salma for speaking ill of Veronica, Virginia tells Emiliano Veronica is a flirt, she says so many bad things about Veronica, Emiliano get mad and tells her he won’t allow her to say bad thing about his cousin, Martin apologizes to Veronica for being rude to her when they talking about Demetrio, she understands he was worry so it ok, Virginia only want to tell him the truth, she tells Emiliano that Demertio was in love with her, but Veronica came between them, she is sure they were lovers, Martin want to know what type of man was Demetrio, Veronica says he was just a normal guy from the city, Salma thinks Jorge is not being fair to Virginia, he says Veronica is hard working, she remind him Virginia is sick, Jorge says he can never forget that, she is always talking about it.
Virginia tells Emiliano that Demetrio told her Veronica was sleeping around, Emiliano get furious, he tells her she is lying, she start crying asking what will she gain by lying to him, Martin and Veronica talk about marriage and Family, Veronica tells him she want to enjoy life Martin feels the same way, he get closer to her and kiss her, she pushes him tells she want to know him better, Emiliano asks Jorge if he knew Veronica was dating Demetrio. Raymunda welcomes Joaquin home, he is worried how they would survive, work at the gold mine isn’t getting better, she tells him they can asks her father for help, someone knocks at their door, it is Blanquita and Polo, Polo tells him parents they went to Ana Perla house today and gave her a bible, Don Crescencio notices Ana Perla’s good mood and asks her which bible verse made her so happy, she tells him “The one that says that grandchildren are the crown of their elders and parents are the beauty of their children”. Jorge is surprised at Emiliano question, he asks him if he is love in with Veronica, and he says yes, Jorge tells him not to worry Demetrio left long ago, he will be very happy if Emiliano marries Veronica , Emiliano tells his father, he will learn had to run the family business, Jorge tells all he wants is to his son to be happy, Veronica rushes to the kitchen and tells Matilde about her first kiss with Martin, Emiliano is scared of Veronica rejection, it may also affect their friendship but Jorge encourages him to talk to her, Pablo sees Martin standing alone lost in his own though and approaches him, he tells him he is a painter and he is fascinated about Martin’s reflective pose, Martin tells him he was thinking about how one can love and hate a woman as the same time, Pablo asks him if this woman did something wrong to him, why is Martin talking about hatred? Martin tells him he was thinking about a conversation he had with Veronica and asks Pablo if he knows very well, Pablo only met her but he likes her he thinks she is different from others. Martin asks Pablo if he think a woman like Veronica would like to live in a remote area, Pablo wants to know more about Mina Escondida. Magdalena tells Botel she feels better now since the mine business is doing well, she felt very bad when he lost everything because of her, Botel replies he is also felt bad when he separated her daughter from her, but now that they have money they can continue to search for her daughter, but he want his wife to promise him that she won’t leave Mina Escondida, Manuel advises Abuelo to move Ana Perla to a different room, so she doesn’t escape, Ana Perla begs her Abuelo not to listen to him, Martin asks Virginia if she is dating Emiliano, she tells him all the men including Emiliano likes Veronica, she thinks he came back because of her, she tells him when it comes to men Veronica doesn’t discriminate, that is why she and Aunt Salma don’t get along but she loves her cousin so she always put up with her rudeness and bad behavior.
Martín’s impression of Vero is quite different, he doesn’t think Veronica is rude but she is a strong, and confident woman. “I see you are falling under her spell,” She tells him Veronica has the power to bewitch men and advices him to watch out for it can be a fatal trap for anyone who falls in love with her. “Don’t say I didn’t warn you,” says Virginia almost playfully. Ana Perla tells Manuel that even though he is her brother at time she feels like he hate her, Manuel checks to make sure no one hears him and tells her yes he indeed hate her, she is their Abuelo’s favorite, she doesn’t do any work and this house will be hers one day, Martin asks Virginia if she knew Demetrio, she hesitates then say yes, he is was a nice guy, he was always with Veronica, Martin asks her if they were dating, she says even though Veronica might denies it, she thinks they were dating, one day Demetrio went and never came back, Nicolas tells Veronica all the women at the party were talking about Martin, she says he is Emiliano’s friend, they met at the club, Nicolas thinks Emiliano should be careful people might take advantage of him but Veronica reassures him Martin isn’t like that, Emiliano asks Veronica if she dated Demetrio, she says she already told him Demetrio thought her how to manage his father, they were close friends that all, he demands to be told the truth, she doesn’t understand what is wrong with him, what if she dated him and so what, Emiliano tells her he is dying of jealousy, he can’t bear to see her with another man, just as she did with Martin today, Veronica tells him not to say things that can affect their friendship, Emiliano shakes his head and once again grabs her upper arm, “our friendship? I can’t settle for that. I love you, Veronica.”