Ahmed and his fiancée Nour both works in the factory of the businessman Saeed El-Koumi without disclosing their relationship. Laila and Mostafa El-Koumi work with them. After an accident, Laila gets a blood transfusion from a man who turns out to have AIDS.
Laila travels abroad for treatment without telling Mostafa the truth about her illness. Upon her return, a strike at Saeed's factory takes place. Saeed has an accident and Ahmed rescues him.
Gamil plots to murder Saeed. Meanwhile, Ahmed and Hend experience difficulties in furnishing their apartment. Saeed's ex-wife tries to get her children back.
When Saeed's family meets Ahmed, Laila admires him which fuels the grudge between Mostafa and Ahmed. Mostafa decides to use a different preservative for the factory's products but Ahmed tells him that the board of directors must be consulted.
Hend moves to another department as her father pressures Ahmed's family to set a date for their wedding. Saeed reverses Mostafa's decision to fire Ahmed, and rewards him instead.
Ahmed turns down Hend's father's offer to marry and live with them. Mostafa's friend tries to approach Laila, but she rejects him. Nabila goes to Saeed's villa to meet Laila's nanny Hadia.
Nabila leaves when her secret almost gets revealed. Saeed informs Ahmed that the decision to fire him was reversed. Saeed threatens Gamil to stay away from his family.
Laila arranges to meet Abd El-Moneim with Ahmed. Meanhwile, Mostafa steals Ahmed's idea for a project. Hadia is now aware of Saeed's decision to keep Nabila away from her children.
Leila decides to help Abd El-Moneim recover. Mostafa discovers that the file he stole was fake and useless. Ahmed and Laila start working on the project together and they travel for a conference.
Mostafa quarrels with his mother and leaves home. Saeed asks him not to tell Laila about her mother. Ahmed and Hend resume their wedding preparations. Fareed proposes to Laila but she rejects him.
Mostafa decides to meet Nabila again. Hend is jealous to see Ahmed with Laila most of the time. Mostafa thinks it's about time they told Laila about her mother.
Nermin tells Saeed that Abd El-Moneim has an incurable kindey disease. Hend is angry when she receives some pictures of Ahmed and Laila in a casino.
Ahmed and Hend fight, as do Mostafa and Laila. Saeed meets Nabila. Mahmoud is trying to get any information that can be used against Saeed.
Abd El-Moneim doesn't show any sign of improvement. As Laila is growing infatuated with Ahmed, her father asks him to marry her.
Ahmed tells Saeed that he has a fiancée. Meanwhile, Saeed develops feelings for Nermin, and tells her that he is keeping Laila's illness a secret until she gets married.
Ahmed tries to avoid both Laila and her father. Sania sees Laila's medications. Laila meets Nabila.
Laila meets her mother and forgives her for her long years of absence. Saeed still insists that Ahmed marries Laila. When Ahmed refuses, Saeed threatens to hurt his family.
Ahmed's preoccupation with Saeed's threat raises the concerns of his family. He agrees with his friend Hassan to hide everything from his family and Hend.
Mahmoud is trying to get Sania to disclose any secrets about Saeed's family. Laila has a critical health problem and she is taken to the hospital. Ahmed tells his brother Adel what happened to him. Mostafa and Lana grow close.
Laila recovers and leaves the hospital. She goes to visit Ahmed who refuses to see her. Hend gets fired, as Ahmed starts working for Saeed's rival Gamil.
Hassan proposes to Hala. Mahmoud learns about Saeed's problems with Nabila. Saeed has Adel's café set on fire after he learns of Ahmed's new job in Gamil's company.
Ahmed's mother falls ill after the fire. Saeed wants Gamil to fire Ahmed, and Ahmed learns that Saeed is implicated in burning down the café.
Ahmed and Hend start looking for a job. Meanwhile, Saeed tries to find a way to destroy Gamil. When his little sister goes missing, Ahmed suspects Saeed.
Nabila decides to return to Lebanon, and Laila begs her not to leave. Saeed calls Ahmed to set up a meeting.
Saeed renews his demand for Ahmed to break up with Hend, which Ahmed eventually does. Nabila and Lana stay at Saeed's villa.
Ahmed is coerced into agreeing to marry Laila. Hend has a breakdown when Ahmed informs her. Ahmed tells Hend's father that he did so to avoid Saeed's wrath that was to befall the two families.
As Ahmed and Laila grow close, his mother remains strongly opposed to their marriage. Ahmed returns to work for Saeed, as Gamil continues to trey to get him to reveal anything that he can use against Saeed.
Saeed proposes to Nermin. Laila's health deteriorates, and Mostafa learns all about her health conditions. Ahmed goes to Saeed's villa to meet Nabila and Laila.
Gamil learns about Laila's illness. Ahmed proposes to Laila, but she hides the nature of her disease from him. Hend's father is enraged and visits Saeed to tell him that he will pay for the heartache he brought upon his daughter.
When she finds out about Ahmed and Laila's wedding, Hend tries to commit suicide. On the wedding day. Mostafa informs Ahmed of Laila's illness, but her parents beg him not to leave her.
After the wedding, Laila tells Ahmed all about her illness. Gamil blackmails Saeed and threatens to reveal his daughter's illness. Saeed has a stroke.
In the hospital, Saeed tells Ahmed to run the company in his absence. Laila decides to tell everyone about her illness so that no one could use it against her.
Saeed starts physical therapy. Ahmed’s family comes to visit Saeed. Ahmed starts running the company.
After his recovery, Saeed and Nermin return to the villa. Hend finds a job and goes to El-Koumi's company to get a certificate of experience.
Laila asks Ahmed to accompany her to the doctor's in order to be well-informed about her situation. Ahmed and Mostafa fight due to Ahmed's growing authority in the company.
Ahmed meets Hend at the company and learns of her suicide attempt. When Mostafa learns the real reason behind Hend's dismissal, he offers her a job. Saeed's health improves.
Ahmed and Mostafa quarrel after the latter's decision to appoint Hend. The police raid Adel's new cafeteria and arrest him when they find drugs. Mostafa pays Hend a visit.
Mostafa asks Hend to return to work with him. Saeed makes some calls to have Adel released. Mostafa and Saeed reconcile.
Mostafa tries to pit Hend against Ahmed. Ahmed and Laila visit Ahmed's mother. Laila is offered after Ahmed fights with his mother.
Ahmed returns to his family's apartment after he tells Laila he was forced to marry her. Meanwhile, an investigation is launched at the company.
Ahmed is torn between resuming his relationship with Laila and going back to Hend. Nabila and Mahmoud learn that Mostafa is the one who sabotaged their deal.
Ahmed attends Hala and Hassan's wedding. Laila forgives her father after his health starts deteriorating. Ahmed returns to Laila.
Mostafa accuses Saeed of sabotaging the deal. Laila visits her father to tell him the truth and inform him that Mostafa is plotting against him.
Mostafa is fired from Saeed's company. He tries to marry Hend but her parents refuse him. He decides to pay them a visit to try to change their minds.
Amin is suspicious of Mostafa's real motives towards Hend. He enlists Saeed's help to get Mostafa to leave his daughter alone Meanwhile, Laila overhears Ahmed telling Adel that he still loves Hend.
Laila is devastated to learn of Ahmed's feelings for Hend. Saeed starts building the hospital behind Nermin's back.
Laila meets Hend and tells her the truth about her marriage to Ahmed and her illness. She urges her to wed Ahmed who clearly still loves her.
Ahmed and Hend reconcile, and he informs his family of his wish to marry her. El-Koumi's investors ask for their money back after fake leaks alleging corruption are released to the public.
A jealous Laila is torn when Hend and Ahmed start preparing for their wedding. Gamil reproaches Mostafa when the latter utterly fails to discredit El-Koumi's business.
Ahmed and Hend go on a trip that is cut short because of Ahmed's commitments to the company. Saeed tries to figure out why Ahmed didn't quit his job.
Nabila quarrels with Saeed when he neglects his son Mostafa, as Laila tries to reconcile them. Ahmed learns that Hend is pregnant.
Ahmed buys Adel and his family a new apartment and a car. Mostafa and Saeed come to terms eventually. Saeed orders Sania to give Gamil false information to mislead him.
When Laila learns that Hend is pregnant, she tells Ahmed that she wants to have a baby with him too. Hend's mother tells Ahmed's family that Laila has AIDS.
Hend is tested for AIDS. She refuses her mother's wish to return home and leave Ahmed after the test shows that she is not sick.
Mostafa reconciles with both Ahmed and Hend. Hend gives birth to a baby boy, but soon comes down with puerperal fever. A fire breaks out in the factory, and Ahmed is called in to help.
Saeed's is displeased that Laila is putting all her efforts into caring for Hend and ignoring her own health. Hend's mother picks a fight with Ahmed when she learns of her daughter's illness.
Laila takes care of baby Ali while Hend is in the hospital. When she is released, Hend grows jealous when she witnesses her son's attachment to Laila.
Hend feels intense jealousy that encourages her to leave Laila's house and return to her own. When Laila and Ahmed decide to try artificial insemination, Hend grows angry.
Things settle between Mostafa and Ahmed after Ahmed leaves the company. However, Hend's jealousy reaches a whole new level when Ahmed leaves the house after he receives a call from Laila.
Hend urges Ahmed to choose between her and Laila. Laila makes this arduous decision easier for Ahmed. For Laila, her son Omar is the embodiment of all that she needs in life. She embarks on a new journey with her son, without Ahmed.