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Ziva Asinobi's POV.

It's D-Day!

Today is Orion Miller's birthday and I'm making sure is ready before I leave my house.

Tobias insisted that I wouldn't need to go as far as servers because it's a smaller and comfortable venue.

His aunties have offered to help anyone who can't go to the buffet table themselves and everything is labelled for any allergies and intolerances.

The party is being held in a beautiful hall and Orion believes that he's going to a mini charity auction, with his wife and then to dinner afterwards and the play by play from Tobias tells me that Orion has absolutely no idea what's going on!

The dress code is blue and white and I catch myself in the mirror again.

^^ Ziva's Outfit.

Tobias said that his mother was being extremely strict about it and anyone not wearing the colours would be sent home to change with immediate effect, so I decided to keep it simple and classy, but comfortable enough to move around in and make sure everything is organised in terms of the food.

I grab my phone and my notebook, putting them both in my bag before leaving and I lock up, rushing down to my car, even though I'm not late.

I sit in my car and I make my way to the venue.

A notification on my phone pops up on my car's screen and I glance at it.

It takes everything in me not to slam my foot on the breaks.

It's a bank transfer notification under the name T. Miller.

The amount of zeros at the end of the figure, makes it double the amount that I quoted him for all the food I made.

Shortly after, a text comes through and I quickly click it so that the car can read it aloud.

The text is nothing short of heart felt and Tobias is thanking me for all the hard work I put in and he says that I should consider the rest of the money a tip.

So it wasn't a mistake?!

All of this alongside the deposit he gave me before I started the work makes the amount of money he's just given me staggering.

I take a deep breath in and force myself to concentrate.

I arrive at the venue and I park my car, getting out and approaching the building.

I call Tobias to let me in and I wait on him, my head still reeling a little bit.

I'll be honest, I'm nervous.

I'm essentially meeting Tobias' family.

It's not like we're together or anything, or that it means much to them, but I don't know...

I want them to like my work.

I pick my phone up again and I reread the message Tobias sent me.

I can almost imagine what it would sound like if he said it aloud and I nearly swoon.

I'm ready to stand there and daydream, when I'm snapped out of it by none other than the man himself.

Tobias.

He is walking towards me with a smile and I smile back.

"Good afternoon Ziva" he says.

"Doc" I respond.

He smiles bigger and reaches out for a hug.

I hug him and he puts his face in my neck, surprising me.

"What, have you missed me?" I tease.

"Of course" he responds, bluntly.

"Didn't you see me just last night to set up?" I ask.

"So?" He asks.

Fair enough.

He pulls away first and looks down at me.

"You look good" he says and I smile up at him.

"So do you" I say kindly, which makes him give me a shy smile.

And by good, I mean edible.

He looks so good that I could eat him.

^^ Tobias' Outfit

"You look like someone's daddy" I tease.

He takes my hand and leads me into the venue.

"You don't want me to answer to that in the way I want to" he responds, as if it's nothing.

My jaw almost drops when I catch on.

I'm just about to retort, when I take in the scenery and I marvel.

^^ The Venue.

"Oh my gosh, Tobias, it's beautiful!" I tell him, shaking his arm.

When I dropped off a bunch of equipment here last night, it was just a big empty space.

It was super clean. Just empty as fuck.

Now the room is filled with beautiful seating arrangements and the lighting is soft and almost romantic, and the music is gentle.

I look around some more and the DJ booth is set up and even the dance floor looks magical!

"It was your brother who decorated right?" I ask.

"Yes, and his wife. She's an interior designer" Tobias responds with a nod.

My hand still in his, he walks towards the food section, giving me a play by play of the day.

From the time his father walks in to the cake cutting, there needs to be a steady flow of food and drinks for all the guests.

There won't be too many people, but because it's a buffet style, they decided that it was better to have too much food than too little.

There would be an MC to go over the day's program anyway, but Tobias was hell bent on keeping me up to speed.

Nerd!

I stifle a giggle, and he leads me to the heated food trays.

I set them up last night on low heat so I touch the lid.

Good.

I turn to him.

"I came here early this morning and put all of the food either in the fridge or in the oven at an extremely low heat" I say.

He nods.

"Yes ma'am. All of that is ready to set up" he says.

"Everything is being made fresh, so we need to get everything out on deck right now" I say.

I mentally start calculating the amount of time we have to put everything out before the birthday boy is due to get here.

Just as I think about it, a bunch of ladies start walking into the venue.

I look at Tobias and I try to shake my hand out of his.

He maintains his grip.

"Aunties!" He calls.

They spot us and walk up to us.

They look beautiful!

They wear traditional fabric dresses and head wraps and the smell of lavender and cocoa butter follows them as they walk.

Tobias pulls me in front of him and most of them smile at me brightly.

The older ones look at us curiously.

"This is the caterer I told you all about. She was kind enough to make us all of this food so please listen to her well and do as she says" he instructs.

They all chorus in agreement and Tobias turns to me.

"You've got this. I'll leave you all to it." He says.

I nod, and he excuses himself.

I turn to the ladies.

"Thank you for working with me aunties!" I say and they all smile at me and follow me towards the kitchen.

I assign them all roles and we get to work, putting things in the oven, organising salad bowls and unboxing crates of drinks.

The slow cooked meats are taken out of the oven and the Mac and cheese is put in.

I send them off with instructions for the ceramic trays and some of the aunties carry labels that I've made to be put on the trays.

Within 30 minutes, all of the main prep is done and one of the aunties, Victoria, encourages me to go out and get settled before the birthday boy comes in.

I go back into the hall and it's filling with people!

They all look beautiful and I scan the room for Tobias.

I spot him and he's in conversation with 2 people, a man and a woman.

They're dressed beautifully!

They're wearing the specified colours and the woman that's with him could easily pass off as a famous model or something.

She has beautifully dark skin and her hair is in long braids down to her ass.

The man next him is tall.

Not as tall a Tobias is, but he's built like an ox!

He has cinnamon coloured skin and his dark hair has obviously very recently been cut.

He wears his navy and white as a suit too, but only the lapels, buttons and collar of his suit are white and the rest a crisp navy blue.

As if she can feel me looking, the woman makes direct eye contact with me and she smiles.

I smile back, my heart already in my ass, at being caught.

Then to make matters worse, Tobias follows her line of sight, and looks at me.

Now my heart is in my shoes!

He beckons me to him with a slight nod and I make my way to them.

"Good evenin' y'all" I greet nervously.

The woman takes my hand.

"You must be Ziva! We've heard a lot about you" she says excitedly.

They have?!

"It's nice to finally meet you" the man says.

It is?!

I immediately look at Tobias and he looks embarrassed!

He snatches my hand out of the woman's and pulls me towards him.

"Aaliyah and Donovan, stop harassing the girl. Ziva. These are my very 'tactful' older siblings, Aaliyah and Donovan" he introduces.

"It's nice to meet you both" I greet, taking their hands and shaking them.

"You're so gorgeous! Okay, skin!" Aaliyah praises.

"I was literally about to say the same thing about you!" I respond, laughing.

Donovan gives me a warm smile.

"Honestly, my brother's description didn't do you justice, you look wonderful" he says politely.

Description?!

"Yeah? How'd he describe me?" I ask, teasing and nudging Tobias in the ribs.

He's glaring at his older brother, who looks nothing but smug.

"I'd tell you but I'd hate to expose him like- -" he starts.

"Okay that's enough of that!" Tobias says.

He whisks me away from the pair of them and they laugh at him as we walk.

"You all set up?" He asks, immediately changing the subject.

"Mhm. Don't you think people will talk, with you holding my hand like this?" I ask, raising our hands.

He looks at our hands unfazed and raises it to his lips, kissing them.

"Let them" he responds, bluntly.

My jaw goes slack, all coherent thought, abandoning ship.

He pulls me closer to him before I can protest and the MC loudly announces for everyone to get into place.

The birthday boy is 5 minutes away!

Everyone is instructed to stay quiet and the lights are cut out completely, making it dark.

A hush falls over the room and it is then that Tobias decides to put his face in my neck and give me a gentle bite, making me stifle a surprised scream.

An inaudible groan from him, litters goosebumps all over my skin and it takes everything in me not to fall into a heap on the floor.

He gently pulls away and straightens my clothes.

Before long, the lights snap back on and I'm forced to shake out of my lewd fantasies and yell 'Surprise!' Along side the whole room, as the birthday boy and his wife walk in.

Orion Miller.

His face starts off alert as he puts an arm out to protect his wife, and then it brightens when he realise what's going on.

His features soften as he watches everyone cheer and his eyes shine with happy tears.

"Thank you everyone!" He says, his voice thick with emotion.

He turns to his wife.

"Thank you, Mrs Violet" he says, pulling her into a gentle kiss.

She kisses him back and they pull away from each other.

He strokes her face lovingly, tears on his face and its then that I realise.

Tobias is a carbon copy of his mother!

His father's genes didn't even try and if someone had told me she gave birth to Tobias by herself, I would 100 percent believe it!

Orion and Tobias' mother go through the crowd greeting people and hugging their children.

Then Tobias' mother spots us.

She takes one look at us together and immediately makes a beeline for us!

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