Esperanza Guerrero is a single mother working as a teacher at two schools, a state school and an elite school to provide for her two teenagers, Pedro and Patricia. Ricardo Alegría, a married father with two young children, works as an Interpol agent in Los Angeles. Seeking to capture a sleazy jewellery thief known as 'La Sombra', he infiltrates the private school where Esperanza is employed and masquerades as the teacher of the criminal's son. Esperanza and Ricardo are reunited following a 20-year separation and fight to rekindle their love.[5]
Production
This telenovela is an original story.[6] Production on the telenovela began on December 28, 2015, in Mexico City. The telenovela also films at Televisa San Angel. Producer Juan Osorio traveled to South Korea looking for a good story, but came back to Mexico opting for an original one, with South Korean influences.
Casting
The casting call for the telenovela was held on November 17, 2015, at Televisa San Ángel. The auditions were later broadcast for fans to stream via Televisa's official website.[7] On November 26, 2015, Renata Notni was confirmed for one of the lead youth roles in the telenovela.[8][9] On December 3, 2015, actor Daniel Bisogno confirmed, via the "Ventaneando" program, that Betty Monroe would be the lead for the melodrama, and Cristian de la Fuente, was announced as the male lead of the story.[10][11]
It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on February 22, 2016, and began airing weeknights on Univision on March 8, 2016, and then was switched to weekday afternoons on July 25, 2016.[22]