The Third Best Thing (Fulton U, #3)

by Maya Hughes

“And you must be Berkley. Laura was telling me all about you.” Pretty hard to do when Laura had molested me with her eyes for all of twenty seconds and barely spoken to me during the process. Maybe she’d just been sizing me up trying to figure out if I was an okay dude to be dating her sister, even if it was all pretend. “It’s nice to meet you.” I wiped my hand on my pants, not wanting to shove my sweaty palm into her delicate hand. Damn, I felt like I was going to snap every bone in her fingers. I was also slightly concerned about Jules’ statue impersonation. “Evelyn,” she offered her name. “Laura wasn’t exaggerating when she said you were handsome.” Her mom propped one of her hands under her chin. “And how long have you two been together?” Jules opened her mouth to set her mom straight, but I butted in. “It’s new.” I slipped my arm around Jules’ shoulder. “But if she keeps baking for me the way she has been, I’ll never let her go.” I looked at Jules with a distinct roll-with-this-look. She patted her hand on mine. “Yes, very new.” “Of course you’d know your way into a man’s stomach.” Her mom’s wavy blonde hair bounced as she laughed. Jules shrank under my hold. “She’s a fantastic baker. One of the best bakeries in the city is bringing her on for a special project.”