After a night of love with the charming stranger Cortez, wealthy heiress Elin Sanderson was left alone, and with a child in her arms. A year later, she learns that Cortez is the legal heir of her adoptive father, who can deprive her of not only her share of the inheritance, but also take away her son. Finding herself in a hopeless situation, Elin agrees to marry Cortez so that their child will not be considered illegitimate. She falls in love with him, but her feelings are broken by his heart of stone...