The plot of La jefa introduces us to Sofía, an ambitious employee of a multinational specialising in fashionable wedding attire, who unintentionally ends up getting pregnant. With her family outside Spain and with her unable to have an abortion, given her fervent religious convictions, she seems destined to return to her homeland and give up on the promising professional career that she has fought so hard for. However, her boss, Beatriz, a self-made woman whom Sofía admires more than anyone else, comes to her with an unusual proposition: to let her adopt her child, and in exchange, she will be able to continue moving up through the ranks of the company. Sofía accepts the offer, unaware that not everything is exactly as her superior has told her…