Devotion (Club Destiny #5)(78)
Author: Nicole Edwards

“Sierra?” Xander’s rugged, deep voice echoed across the enormous warehouse and had her stopping what she was doing and turning to face him. From the sound of it, he didn’t expect her to be there today.

“Hey,” she greeted him, turning back to put the last finishing touch on one of the flower arrangements she’d just put together in the main reception area.

At her suggestion, Luke and Cole decided to go with her idea of enclosing a section of the front of the warehouse to greet guests as well as set up at least two meeting rooms for potential members to meet. With nearly fifteen hundred square feet, Sierra felt they almost went a little overboard, but the outcome was better than she expected. At the very least, the area offered a little more privacy than allowing the main doors to open right into the club, and considering the changes they made, Sierra thought that was a crucial addition.

“Have you seen Luke?” Xander asked as he stood just a few feet away.

“He’s giving Logan and Sam a tour of the place,” she said with a smile.

It still amazed her how the group managed to utilize the one hundred thousand square foot warehouse effectively and turn it into an immaculate new club that was receiving more than one hundred applications per day.

“Thanks,” Xander stated before turning and heading out of the reception space. Before he made it to the exit, he stopped. “Hey, Sierra.”

“Yeah?” She turned to face him again.

“The place looks amazing.”

His compliment made her smile. It was the first time he’d told her as much. Sierra had grown quite fond of Xander Boone over the last few months. For such an intimidating man, he was one of the sweetest she’d ever met.

“Thanks,” she replied, grinning as he once again turned and exited into the newly designed club space.

Sierra had put a significant amount of work into the place, hiring various consultants to help her with the new design, ensuring their overall objective was met. Her biggest concern was that she was going to make the place appear too commercial considering what they had to work with at the beginning. The overall structure of the building was one of the most unique she’d ever seen and now that they were nearly finished, she was more than a little proud of their final product.

There had been several meetings initially with Luke, Cole, Trent and Xander to discuss and outline how they could incorporate what each of them was looking for. What they ended up with was so much more than she expected. Considering the amount of money they put into the place, Sierra shouldn’t have been all that surprised.

“Hey, baby.”

Cole’s rich, sexy voice caught her attention and had Sierra turning to face him.

“Hi,” she replied, walking across the spacious lobby area to greet him appropriately.

“Want to do one more walk through?” Cole asked as he held her close, placing a kiss to her forehead as he pulled her against his body.

“That would be perfect,” she answered. Sierra was more than a little nervous about the soft opening scheduled for tomorrow night, although no one else seemed to be.

Cole took her hand, and they followed the same path Xander had taken a few minutes before, leaving the lobby and going into the club area.

The space opened up perfectly, an exquisite design of glass and steel that spread out before them, and Sierra stopped to take it all in. It was still hard to believe that this used to be one insignificant space that boasted more concrete than anything. Now, thanks to her insistence, there wasn’t anything left of the drab, well-worn brown slab. It was sufficiently hidden by plush carpet, rich, dark hardwood, and expensive, yet understated tile flooring.

Cole stopped just inside the space, glancing from floor to ceiling as she stood beside him doing the same. The main floor had been remodeled completely, and despite Luke’s initial intention to keep the restrooms that had been centered right in the middle of the warehouse, Sierra had suggested that they redesign them and move them to a more appropriate location. She insisted that this wasn’t going to be a meat market. If they were looking for a much more upscale clientele, then they were going to have to work for it.

Now, directly in the center of the warehouse, on the main floor, there were four glass enclosed rooms that butted up against one another. From where she and Cole stood, Sierra could see straight through to the opposite end of the club, which she certainly liked. The restrooms had been moved to the opposite end of the building, no longer the focus of the space.

On each end of the glass enclosures, two bars stood opulent and proud, backlit with red LED lights that reflected off of the blue tinged glass. When the overhead lights were turned off, which they would be during operating hours, the bars would practically light up the entire area.