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Via (Claudine Barretto), the only daughter of Don Fernando (Juan Rodrigo), is raised as his
darling princess. On her eighteenth birthday she finds out that her father has promised her (hand
in marriage) to her childhood friend Michael (Diether Ocampo), and before the birthday party is
over, she gets kidnapped. She is rescued by a good samaritan named Gabriel (Rico Yan), whom
she falls in love with. Michael at the latter part of the story became romantically involved with
Via's best friend, Trina (Rica Peralejo). As the story unfolds, Via ends up having to decide
between the two men in her life, while learning more about her mother Magda (Jaclyn Jose) and
fighting off her evil aunt Selina, (Princess Punzalan), who is the sister of Don Fernando who
wants to make all of them miserable before Selina's defeat.

In the story, Selina was one of the most influential person, due to her greddiness in power and
wealth of Don Fernando ( Juan Rodrigo), her brother. She used people in order to manipulate
them and order to kill people to those who opposed her. She is also the major opposer of Via
( Claudine Barretto) because Selina wants to gain all the wealth that Don Fernando made her as
his heiress. In the end, Via eliminated her archenemy Selina and died without dignity.

Main characters

 Claudine Barretto as Olivia "Via" Pereira/Ella Peralta - Don Fernando's daughter and also
the lost daughter of Magdalena Trinidad. She is a good daughter and is Michael's
childhood friend. She falls in love with Gabriel. The main protagonist in the story.
 Rico Yan as Gabriel Maglayon - the man who saved Via from the bad guys and later falls
in love with Via. He is also Leo's brother. The love-interest of Via
 Rica Peralejo as Trina - Via's friend and fell in love with Michael.
 Diether Ocampo as Michael Miranda - Via's childhood friend and dies after being shot by
Bagyo. In the movie version, he still alive and he is attending Via and Gabriel's wedding
and now lives with Trina.
 Patrick Garcia as Warren - Gabriel's friend and the son of Corazon and Benjamin and
Tom Tom's older brother.

Princess Punzalan as Selina Matias - She was the perpetrator of the acid attack which left a scar
to Magda. She married Ysmael and having one daughter named Nicole. She became evil after
her daughter dies and she abused Jennifer a lot. The main antagonist in the story.