you came from a single mother, who worked everyday just to make sure that you and your older brother, Nolan, had the same opportunities as everyone else.

which is also how you got your dream job at UCLA as a professor. you were young, sure, but you were incredibly smart. plus— without your job or moving to California, you would’ve never met dalton chamberlain. you had met through your job, and for the past year and a half— the two of you have been happily in a relationship.

he was seriously the best boyfriend ever.

then, it was officially time to meet his family. you really knew nothing about his family— considering he didn’t really like talking about it, and all of his family still lived in france, where he was born.

however, his best friend, hudson taylor and his high school sweetheart, amelia jonas, were getting married— and of course, he was the best man.

he believed it would not only be great to meet his friends but also his family. especially his mother.

you had to admit, you were nervous— and that was pushed to a new level when dalton revealed that his family was rich. you didn’t know what scale, but enough for the two of you to get free first class tickets on an airplane to france.

on the way there, he explained the main people you needed to know. his three cousins, greyson, xaiver, and Isabella. according to him— greyson was a big time movie director who was dating a famous actor, but he could be a major dick. xaiver was a huge business and family man, even though you couldn’t tell if you saw the family behind cameras. and then, isabella was the most down to earth out of all of them. she got a degree at Oxford, and had been working to build her own empire. she sounded like the type of person you dreamed of being.

another plus to going to france was the fact you got to see your roommate from college, erica smallwood. she was super outgoing and said that you were more than welcome to see her. so, you decided to go before you had to meet dalton at his family dinner.

which is how you ended up here. at a mansion, getting stared at by Erica’s whole family like you were crazy.

“wait— you’re wearing that to meet the chamberlains?” she asks, bewildered.

you raise an eyebrow, “what’s wrong with it?”

“absolutely not— follow me.”

she walks you through her house until you get into her huge closet.

“alright, listen. france is full with your new rich people— like the richmonds, hiltons, that scene. then, you have the old-money. the chamberlains are like, the epitome of old money. they had money when they moved here from the United Kingdom years ago. and now? they are the richest of the rich.”

your jaw drops. of course, dalton just had to leave that part out.

“what im getting at, is that im not letting you wear that to meet the chamberlains. this is a once and a lifetime opportunity. which means this is more suitable.”

erica looks through her closet for a moment before pulling out a floor length shimmer dress that was pink, blue, and gold.

“you have to make a good impression.” she says simply, before looking for jewelry to go with it.

half an hour later, erica is taking you to the chamberlain residence, which had literal armed guards in front of the entrance.

and then— you saw it. the house, if you could even call it that. 200 million dollars of estate and it was the most beautiful house you had ever seen. it even had a whole entire pond in the back— and a fountain in the front.

erica pulled up to the drop off area, and you just realized the amount of people. there were over 300 people at this event.

you started freaking out, until you saw dalton walk out and over to you— his face lighting up.

“wow, you look gorgeous.” he says, giving you a small kiss, that was interrupted by erica clearing her throat.

she was in more shock than you were, and she lived in a mansion too. even if it wasn’t this size.

“it’s nice to meet you, Erica. you can stay if you want.” dalton says, turning his attention towards your friend.