Xiomara gets entangled with a wonderful man, Mikhail Romanoff. But a looming shadow casts a deathly pall over the relationship, his brother, Lev Romanoff, who seems less of a brother and more of obstacle. Mikhail and Lev Romanoff are childhood best friends, sworn to be together forever who are closer than friends should be. Their relationship gets complicated when Mikhail attempts to introduce Xiomara into their relationship, and the smug, sadistic, vindictive, Lev is not willing to play nice.