Page 45 of Not Over You (Prosperity Ranch 3)

Knox’s arm snaked around Jana’s waist more fully, and just before Evie took the picture, he kissed Jana’s cheek.

“Hey, look at the camera, Knox,” Evie said with a laugh.

Knox did, grinning, and Jana wanted to laugh with giddiness. She herself was turning into quite the fan of Knox Prosper. Evie and Carson stepped away, but Knox didn’t release Jana.

“Dinner after?” he said to his sister and her boyfriend.

“Of course,” Evie said. “Where should we meet?”

“I’ll text you when we decide,” Knox said, apparently including Jana in the “we.”

He still hadn’t released her, and when she made a move to step away and give him space with the waiting fans, he grasped her hand.

“Where are you going?” he asked, his gaze fully focused on her like there weren’t twenty people waiting for autographs and pictures.

“I can wait by your truck.”

“Wait with me,” he said. “These folks are friendly.”

She was totally blushing now, and she really didn’t want to argue with him in front of all these waiting people. “Okay.”

Knox smiled, then leaned down and kissed her on the mouth.

She was so shocked, she didn’t move. He only smiled, then turned to the next person waiting to talk to him. When pictures were requested, he released her hand and obliged, but through it all, he managed to continue holding her hand most of the time. He even stole another kiss, and Jana wondered how many photos there were out there now of them kissing.

She knew she’d feel more self-conscious later about it all, but right now, she felt like she was existing in a dream state. Was this all truly real? Knox’s pointed attention on her when so many others were vying for his?

When the line finally dwindled to the last person, Knox sent the young man off with a selfie of the two of them and a signed program. Then he turned to Jana and slipped his hands about her waist. She rested her hands on his biceps, feeling the warm heat beneath the cotton of his shirt. The green of his eyes was solely focused on her, and he smelled of dirt and spice and man. She wanted everyone and everything to disappear so she could kiss him properly.

“Thanks for waiting with me,” he said in a low voice. The arena had mostly cleared out, but there were still plenty of people around.

“I could have just waited in the parking lot,” she said.

“You told me that,” he said, his gaze straying to her mouth, then lower. “You look beautiful.”

For an instant, Jana couldn’t even remember which outfit she’d chosen that night. Knox’s intense gaze was crowding out all of her short-term memory. “You look like you just won a rodeo.”

He chuckled, then pulled her closer.

Before she knew it, his mouth was on hers, and the scruff along his jaw was scraping her skin as he deepened his kiss.

Well, then…

Knox had no trouble with PDA, it seemed. Jana curled her fingers into his shirt to keep herself in balance. So, this dating Knox thing was pretty much a different universe to exist in.

“Let’s get out of here,” he whispered.

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