Page 40 of Not Over You (Prosperity Ranch 3)

Jana was watching him, her eyes dancing. “Did you miss me?”

He grasped her hand. “You have no idea.”

She looked down at their interlocked fingers as his thumb stroked over her wrist. “I missed you, too.”

“Did I hear you right? Did you just admit you like me, Jana Harris?”

Jana nudged him. “Don’t tease me.”

“What if I like teasing you?”

Her gaze clung to his, and his stomach bottomed out because he felt himself falling. In love. It was physical, emotional, and all-encompassing. Could she see it in his eyes? Had he just given himself away, and now, she’d be scared off?

“How’d your practice go?” she asked.

It took him a second to come out of the fog his mind had entered. “Great. Everything’s looking good. I had a chance to chat with Running Hot. We’re gonna get along just fine.”

Jana laughed.

He loved her laughter.

“Is that so? You had a conversation with a bull?”

“Yes, ma’am.”

She smirked, and he leaned down and kissed her nose. Her hand strayed to his chest, and it was doubly hard to pull away.

“So… you want to get some lunch?” he said.

“You never give up, do you?”

Knox chuckled. “You came all this way. I’m figuring a man can presume.”

This time, she rose up on her toes and kissed his cheek. He knew he’d feel that imprint for a long time.

“All right, let’s go to lunch,” she said. “You buying?”

“Always.”

She grinned, and her fingers tightened in his. Knox couldn’t deny it—his heart was soaring. They headed toward the arena exit and found his truck in the parking lot. He kept ahold of her hand as they walked to the driver’s side of the truck.

“Oh, so we’re getting in your truck cowboy style?” Jana quipped as she climbed in on his side. She sat in the middle of the bench.

“Yes, ma’am,” he said. “That way, you don’t get too far from me.”

“What are we, seventeen again?”

“No, thank goodness,” he said, settling beside her, then starting the truck. “I don’t like all those silent years between us.”

Jana merely grasped his hand when it was free, saying nothing.

When they arrived at a small Tex Mex restaurant, Knox said, “By the way, my sister Evie is coming tonight. Probably with her boyfriend, Carson Hunt.”

“Oh, okay.”

“You can sit with them if you want,” Knox continued. “If you’re okay with that?”

Jana shrugged, not seeming too enthused.

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