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anxious, and as shy as on her first day of high school.
    “You look great,” Seth said, leaning in to kiss her cheek, flustering her even further. “I love this dress.”
    “Thanks,” Melody said, cheeks hot and pulse thready with nerves. Seth was standing too close, so close her nose started to sting from the powerful scent of his cologne.
    “So where’s everyone else?” she asked.
    Seth smiled, making the skin around his eyes crinkle. “They’ll be here in an hour. I had you come early so I could give you a few tips on your audition before the others get here.”
    “Yeah?” Melody returned his smile, but her jaw felt tight. She fought the urge to slide off her stool and put some distance between them. “Is that fair?”
    Seth shrugged and dropped a hand to her knee. “Who cares about fair?” His fingers pressed gently into her thigh. “I want you to get the job, end of story. You want a drink before we start?”
    He released her leg and started around the bar, and Melody’s muscles trembled with relief.
    “No, thank you,” she said, her voice breathier than she would have liked. “I don’t like to drink before I sing. I don’t feel as in control.”
    “Sometimes being a little out of control is a good thing,” Seth said, pulling down two glasses and getting busy with the well liquor, pouring with an expertise that said he was at home behind the bar. Melody wondered if he bartended in addition to playing in Ghost .
    “You were great on Friday,” he continued. “But you could stand to loosen up a little.”
    “I thought I was pretty loose,” Melody said, remembering what Nick had said about her having too good of a time onstage. “At least for me, anyway.”
    “Not normally a loose girl?” Seth asked with a grin. He added a shot of soda and a cherry to each drink and set one in front of her.
    “Um…no,” Melody said, unsure whether he meant “loose” in a way that had nothing to do with being comfortable onstage.
    “Drink up, gorgeous.” Seth grabbed his glass and clinked it against hers. “We’ll get you loose and ready to be fabulous.”
    Forcing a smile, Melody reached for the glass, fighting off the creeping suspicion that she’d made a terrible mistake.

Chapter Six
    Aria’s words about not drinking anything she hadn’t seen prepared by a bartender echoed in Melody’s head.
    Seth wasn’t a bartender, but she had seen him prepare the drink. She had no idea how much hard liquor was in the thing, but…
    She lifted the glass to her nose and sniffed. It smelled harmless—like vanilla and cherries—but the first sip left no doubt the drink was strong, too strong for her to feel comfortable drinking the entire thing before her audition.
    “You like it?” Seth moved back around the bar and resumed his too-close-for-comfort position next to her stool. “It’s my own recipe,” he said, easing her hair over her shoulder with a familiarity that made her shiver. “I call it cherry cheesecake.”
    “It’s great,” Melody said, leaning back as Seth leaned in close enough for her to smell the liquor on his breath. “But I think I’d better wait until after my audition. I’m kind of a lightweight when it comes to hard liquor.”
    “Just have a little then. Enough to get you relaxed.” His hand was suddenly back on her leg, higher on her thigh this time, in territory that left no doubt this was not a “just friends” kind of touch.
    Melody put her drink down and shifted on her stool, brushing Seth’s hand away in the process.
    “I think I should go,” she said. “And come back later when everyone is here.”
    “Don’t go,” Seth said, hand coming to her waist, stopping her when she tried to slide to the ground. “You haven’t convinced me you’re our girl, yet.”
    “I thought you said you wanted me to get the job,” Melody asked, brows knitting as she debated whether it would be overreacting to kick Seth in the groin and make a run for the door.
    If she was