Page 62 of Not Over You (Prosperity Ranch 3)

“We’ll catch up later, Scott,” he said in a pointed tone.

Scott laughed. “All right, I hear you, man. Congrats again.”

Knox waved him off, then turned to Jana. “I thought you didn’t follow rodeo.”

Jana’s smile went coy. “I don’t, but that was Scott White. Everyone knows him.”

Knox searched her gaze, knowing it was ridiculous to let this get under his skin. But Jana was a beautiful woman, and Scott had definitely noticed.

Jana lifted up on her toes, and with her mouth close to his ear, she said, “You have nothing to be jealous of, Mr. Bull-Rider.”

He moved his hand up her back. “I didn’t think so, but it’s good to hear all the same.”

A decent line had formed of fans waiting to greet him.

Jana noticed and grinned. “I’ll just wait somewhere while you greet all these fans.”

“Stay with me.” He grasped her hand.

So he greeted fans and signed autographs with her at his side, which was just how he wanted it. When they were down to the last few people, he looked up to see his brother Lane and sister Cara. He had no idea they were coming. This was the first rodeo outside of Prosper they’d come to.

Cara looked the most like his mom, blonde and statuesque. And Lane was blond and blue-eyed, too. They both stepped forward and hugged him.

“You guys remember Jana Harris?” Knox asked.

Lane and Cara both looked at each other, then Cara said, “Great to see you, Jana.” She stepped forward to hug Jana, who Knox was sure was just as surprised as he was.

“Great to see you again, Jana,” Lane said, extending his hand to shake hers. “We thought you might be here, too, but we weren’t sure.” By the gleam in Lane’s eyes, Knox was pretty sure he’d known.

Apparently, someone else in the family had told his siblings about Knox dating Jana.

Knox slipped his arm around Jana’s waist, letting her know that they were in this together.

“Don’t you live in Dallas, Cara?” Jana asked.

“Sure do,” she said. “Lane and I coordinated schedules so we could come to this rodeo, though. Got the night off from culinary school.”

Knox had told Jana about his sister being in some fancy culinary school, and Lane would be graduating in finance soon. He’d been the one to originally secure the grant for Prosperity Ranch.

“Well, it’s great to see you both,” Knox said. “Do you want to join us for dinner?”

“I have a late flight, and Lane’s taking me to the airport,” Cara said.

Knox frowned. “Are you sure? I can get everyone hotel rooms if you want to stay overnight.”

Cara only smiled. “It’s all right. I’ve already got the flight booked, but thank you. And you two have a good night.”

Lane said something similar. He’d be driving back to college, where he was doing a summer internship in the finance department.

It seemed as soon as Cara and Lane had shown up, they were gone.

“Did they not tell you they were coming?” Jana asked, looking up at him.

Finally, the arena was almost empty, and the fans dispersed.

“I had no idea,” Knox said. “I wonder why they didn’t tell me, or why they aren’t staying longer.”

Jana shrugged. “Maybe they just wanted to see if the rumors about us are true.”

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