Have you read A Little Princess?
I mean Sara, the little princess.
This story is more or less that kind of thing, with the same setting, the same school, and the same mean headmistress.
But my little princess has a love story of her own.
She doesn't go bankrupt or hit rock bottom.
My little princess is a native-born Brit. Her father's business extends to France, so she grows up surrounded by French.
The male lead is French, but he won't appear that early.
Since I focus on portraying the heroine, the male lead will probably get most of his scenes in the extras.
Blurb:
Heroine: Isabel, shortened to Isa
Male lead: Isaiah
Meeting someone really does take a certain knack. Their first encounter isn't romantic at all: they get pushed together in a crowded throng.
"...Hi?" Isaiah thinks he ought to break the awkward silence.
"Ah..." The other person doesn't seem very eager to respond???
That's how love at first sight happens.
From then on, Isa is doomed to despair.
Why did I have to get lost? No! Why did I have to join the crowd?
Soon, time gives her a face-slapping reality check.
"I wish the time I spend with him could stretch on forever."
Is it the Japanese cartoon "Little Princess"? I loved watching that cartoon when I was in elementary school.