Caray, Caray!

Sorry folks, the turgid writing of the original sinopsis, surpassing even the usual standard, turned it into quite a muddle. But I'm sure you get the idea.

Cuando me enamoro: a telenovela full of passions, love, encounters, misunderstandings, betrayals and vengeance. About the rebelliousness that overwhelms our will when a strong sentiment like love can't be controlled or quenched, which doesn't disappear even when we fight it within ourselves ...

This is just what happens to our protagonists Renata and Jerónimo, who find themselves in the terrible predicament of hating the profound love that grows between them. A woman in love marries a man whose primary goal is to avenge the death of his half brother.

Jerónimo, a businessman who lives in Spain, comes to Mexico to visit his half-brother Rafael Gutiérrez, employed by las Empresas Monterrubio and owner of a hacienda. On his arrival he's informed his brother has killed himself over a woman called "La Bonita", Roberta Monterrubio, whom he was to marry and who supposedly abandoned him. In reality, it was her mother who murdered him!

In the airport he meets Renata (adopted daughter of Gonzalo, director of the Monterrubio businesses) casually and is struck by her beauty immediately, not knowing her true identity. Love rises between them that will mark them for life.

It was destiny, along with the intrigues of "mother" Josefina) and Renata's sister Roberta, that make Jerónimo think (incorrectly) that Renata had a relationship with his half brother Rafaél who, feeling betrayed and used by her, committed suicide. Jerónimo swears at his brother's grave that his death ill not go unpunished; despite the profound love he feels for Renata, he deceives her and desides to make her suffer and pay for all the sadness she caused his brother.

Eventually Jerónimo discovers it was really Roberta and Josefina, the grand villains of the story, that played with Rafael's sentiments. The whole world thinks of Renata and Roberta as twin sisters, but [of course] there is a great secret: Josefina is Roberta's mother but Renata is the daughter of Regina and Roberto.

Josefina and Roberto were lovers; she got pregnant at the same time as his wife Regina. When Josefina discovered Roberto would only protect his legitimate daughter, leaving Roberta none of his inheritance and fortune, she decided to rob the little girl for revenge. Josefina took the little girl on as her own with the intention of recuperating her inheritance and sharing it with her and her half-sister when she reached the age of 25.

In profound sorrow Regina Soberón dedicates her whole life to finding her daughter, renouncing her own womanhood in favor of the search. With time she encounters love again with Antonio, a good man who offers her help and stability; on the other hand there's Gonzala, a married man...

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