“Wooo!” Niri hooted. There were more than a few women in the crowd who echoed it. Maggie couldn’t blame them. He looked like he belonged up there. It was yet another turn-on for her. The man seemed to come equipped with an endless supply.

“This one goes out to someone special.”

Myrtle stood up and whistled through her fingers at him. Sy’s crooked grin found Maggie in the crowd, and they locked eyes.

He counted the band in, and the first bars of “Some Kind of Wonderful” had the crowd erupting in applause and cheers. But she forgot all about the band when Silas opened his mouth. His voice was rough around the edges as it toyed with the notes. His fingers nimble on the strings of the guitar. But it was his gaze on her face that did it.

Maggie felt her cheeks flush, and Kayla reached across the table to grab her hand. The hottest guy in town was serenading her, and she was having a borderline inappropriate reaction to him. In front of his entire family.

“This is the most romantic thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life,” Dean yelled in her ear.

Deputy Mayor Kressley Cho, dressed in a hot-pink business suit, appeared from nowhere. “Honey, no one will judge you if you take him out back and take his pants off.”

Maggie couldn’t help but laugh. She also couldn’t seem to take her eyes off the man. Mama B had sashayed up to his mic, and together they were killing the chorus. When the song ended, their entire table and most of the bar were on their feet cheering.

Silas slipped the strap over his head and handed the guitar back to the band member. Then he leaned in and whispered something in Mama B’s ear. Her eyes lit up, and she laughed. He was grinning when he stepped off the stage. His gaze zeroed in on Maggie’s face.

She suddenly felt conspicuous and awkward. Unsure of herself.

The crowd was stirred up, and it took him a minute to make it to her. But the second he was close enough, he reached for her and tugged her to her feet.

“That was amazing,” she said in his ear.

“Dance with me, Mags.”

He didn’t give her time to decide or to point out there wasn’t any music yet. He just pulled her toward the dance floor. By the time they got there, the band had launched into “Angel” by Aerosmith. One of her favorites. Maggie heard chairs being pushed back from tables as every couple in the bar got up to dance. Silas kept right on tugging her along until they got to the other side of the stage, where the lights were behind them. Shadows enveloped them in the corner. In the cover of the dark, he wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled her closer than was necessary.