
Casa Maré Alta, Mariana Duarte's inn, faces auction due to frozen accounts and overdue salaries. Raphael Vasconcelos, a millionaire heir, buys its debts. He proposes a marriage contract: Mariana manages the inn, can buy it back, and must marry Raphael to help him secure a decisive vote in a stock agreement. Despite his father Augusto stripping his inheritance rights, Raphael has his own fortune. Mariana believes he is her savior.