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out of his car and hurried to the building, but as he tried to board the elevator, he was stopped by the massive hand of an equally massive man with a clipboard.
    “Can I have your name, sir?”  The large man scrutinized him.
    While he wore a suit and tie, he knew he wasn’t dressed for an opening night.  “Sorensen.  Sebastian Sorensen, but I’m not on the…”
    The big man looked at his list.  “Sorensen.  Sorensen,” he muttered as his gaze followed his finger down the list.  When he reached the bottom he looked up at Sebastian.  “Nope.  I don’t have your name down here.  Are you with someone who was invited?”
    Sebastian considered his answer for a second.  “Yes,” he finally said.  “Yes, of course.  I was held up and I’m a little late.  She has already gone up.  If you’ll just let me…”
    “And her name would be…?”  Suspicious, the man glared at him.
    “Serena.”
    “Serena?”
    “Serena Singleton.”
    The man checked his list again and immediately stopped at the top of the list.  He looked at Sebastian with a sarcastic grin.  “Nice try.”
    “I’m sure she’s on the list.  I know for a fact she got an invitation.”
    “Oh, her name is here all right.  Serena Singleton.  It’s right next to the name of Mr. Price Turnsby, the big man himself.”
    “Is it now?”
    Turning his attention to a few new arrivals, the big man turned away and Sebastian took his chance.  He stepped behind the man and snaked his way into the elevator.  Just as he held his finger poised to press on the button, the big man slid his hand between the sliding doors without bothering to look back.
    “Please don’t force me to turn this into an embarrassing episode for you, sir.”
    Sebastian stepped out of the elevator as the new arrivals stepped in.  “Look, I just need a minute to see …”
    “Yeah, yeah.  Look, a lot of people are curious about this new private club, but I can’t let you in just to have a look.  This is an invitation only type of thing.”
    “I’m very well aware of that, and I don’t want to attend.  I just need to speak to one of the guest.”
    “Let me guess.”  The man smiled and almost looked friendly.  “Serena Singleton.”
    “Yes!  Exactly.”
    The man scowled.  “No.”
    “Fine, then could I just get a word to her.”  Even as he made the request, he knew he was talking to a brick wall.  “If you can get a word to her, I’m sure she’ll come down to…”
    “Do I look like a secretary?”  He clasped his hands together before him and glared at Sebastian with finality before escorting Sebastian out.
    For a while, Sebastian sat in his car, contemplating his next steps, and whether or not he should call his security team Donovan Dynamics to help him figure out a way into the club.  He finally decided to leave the club and go home to plan out another strategy. One way or another, he was going to have Serena with him once again. Even if he did something completely crazy.
     

 
    Chapter 6
     
     
    Serena felt sexy and expensive in her canary yellow strapless dress with a draped skirt that was cut thigh high.  The fabric was luxurious against her skin, as was the yellow diamond necklace at her throat.  With her legs stretched out in front of her, her nude Louboutin pumps tapping to the song on the radio, she sat in the passenger seat of Price’s new Mercedes.
    “I can’t tell you how happy I am to have you at my side, Serena.  Tonight is a big night.”
    Though the night promised to be exciting and star studded, her heart wasn’t in it and she had to force a degree of enthusiasm.  “I’m thrilled to come to your big opening.  It’s the talk of the town.”
    “Well, in the right circles, it is.”
    Serena smiled.  Hopefully once up in the club, she’d get into the spirit of things and have fun.
    “What do you think of this new building?” Price asked as they entered the lavish main foyer.
    The polished granite floors gleamed