Love Me Like You Do - A Zayn Malik AU

Chapter Forty-eight

Nina's POV

My alarm goes of. My mothers birthday! I smile and get up. Yesterday before we went to the fair, I bought my mothers gift. The bracelet that she wanted so much.
Tonight there is a big party to celebrate but this morning we will be having her birthday for the five of us.

Tonight I thought of what to wear today, pulling out a outfit and a pair of high heels out of my closet. My silver cross necklace goes around my neck and my rose gold silver bracelet goes around the wrist. I braid my hair
We will be in the hotel for this morning. "Happy Birthday, mother." I say as I kiss her cheek. "Thank you, darling." She says. Rose, Lance and Jacob arrive as well. Father smiles at us. Lance gives her a bouquet of her favorite flowers and Rose gives her a beautiful Chanel bag. "Oh thank you." She says thankful.

I give her the box and she looks at me with a little shock. She opens the box and her face lights up. "Darling. I love it." She says and I give her a hug. "Thank you so much."

We eat our brunch which is lovely. The food is so delicious that they have prepared for this brunch. My mother feels very happy and you can see that too.

The brunch is done and we go our own ways. The party will be tonight but we still have some work to do so we are going to be doing that. My order has arrived and I smile brightly. DeLafayette Vogue limited edition beauty items have arrived in the mail today. In a few months it will be in the online stores.

There are a couple of reservations so the rooms need to get to ready for the guests. I text the cleaning staff to head towards the lounge. "Can you get that ready by three?" I ask Jess and Chris after explaining what they need to do. They both nod and get to work. 

Kelly has apologized for her behavior on Tuesday. She is lucky. I was planning on firing her but she has the only one that fitted the clothes perfectly so I really couldn't do that. I mail back to her that it is done but she will really loose her job if she does this once more. Luckily, she does understand what I mean. I close the mail and check if there is anything left for me to do. There are some things that have to be done for DeLafayette Vogue and get to that.

The locations for tonight's location calls to find out how many people there are exactly coming in terms of the cloak room and the food for tonight. I tell them how many guests there tonight and then get told that it is all taken care of.

I go up to my bedroom and lay down see the outfit for tonight. A navy blue lace dress that comes a little bit over the knee and a pair of black heels. I lay out the jewelry. "Is this suitable for mothers birthday?" Jacob asks rushing in with a suit in his hand. I check it out. A black pair of dark jeans, a black jacket and a black blazer. "If I were you, I would change the black blazer to a grey one."

We talk a little bit about tonight for about an hour. "Gabriella is expecting me any minute. I have to pick her up." He says and then runs out my bedroom. Laying down on the bed, I feel my eyes closing and slowly feel very sleepy which makes me have a nap.

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I wake up a few hours later and have to adjust take in my surroundings. I fell asleep. I still have to do one more thing before the party which is in one bloody hour. My phone rings, I smile when I see that Emma has sent me a message. Emma wasn't sure about coming yet but she just said that she will be there tonight.
I do what has to be done and then get ready. Put on the dress, the heels, jewelry and of course do my makeup. I curl my hair and pin it up in a half up do.

I don't feel like taking a bag with me. The only thing, I will be bringing with me is probably my phone. I bring my heels, my phone downstairs with me and then grab the keys of the key hook.  I lock the front door and then enter the garage to get inside my car. I drive out of the garage towards the location. It is a long drive since it is in another hotel of ours. Of course the traffic is terrible. I check my phone for a shortcut and then take that road. I really don't have the patience.

I have arrived at the hotel and give the keys to Chad who will be parking the car for me in the garage of the hotel. I get inside of the building. King Yaser and Queen Trisha have entered the building, followed by Safaa and Zayn. There is another guy with them and of course a big group of bodyguards to watch out for them tonight.

I have the feeling that this will be a very long night. A lot of wine, speeches and maybe some tears. The guests keep coming inside as I make my way inside. Emma walks in with a bright smile. She comes towards me. "Happy Birthday to your mother." She says and then greets my family. A lot of pictures get taken. Zayn keeps a close me and  his guest closely as the pictures get taken. It is Nick. Last time Zayn told me that he is very close to the family. I take the tought of him being his family member out of my mind even though they look a little a like. Nick says something to him and then Zayn gives him a glare before walking away from him. 

He wishes my mother a happy birthday and hands her a present. I walk over to them and smile when I see that he gave her a beautiful set of earrings and a necklace. My mother looks so happy and then tanks him. He walks over to me after congratulating my family and meeting the other guests. His hands go around my waist and I turn towards him. "Congratulations, love." He says and kisses my cheek. I give him a quick hug since the flashes of the camera's are already on us. I frown and then we make our way to the other guests to be somewhat social people. 

Emma has arrived with her family and I smile as she rushes towards me. She hugs me tight, greets me and then greets the rest of the family. Arriving back towards me and Zayn gives her a hug. "How are you?" He asks her and she starts to smile. "I am doing great and you?" She asks him and he answers the same. Safaa calls Zayn over to her and Emma gets a called by her brother. It leaves me standing alone for a while until he makes his way over to me. My stomach feels like I feel sick. He reaches me and I look over at him as he smiles. I walk away and know that he will be following me. Maybe now I can tell him what has been on my mind...