All Chapters of The Heaviness in the Air: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

        As he told her what he wanted her to do, she went to work on the other side of his desk from where he was sitting. She was looking at the papers, and one by one, she was reading through them and then placed a post-it note on each with her notes, which, when she passed the papers over to him, he looked over and glanced at the documents and then graded each. As he entered the grades into the computer that was on his desk and waited for the next paper she handed him, he was finding that this system was better for him. They might finish the major stack of documents in a matter of hours instead of his three to four days. As he looked at her now, he was impressed with the four years worth of change in her. Coming to him could not have been easy to do. He had garnered a reputation of being difficult, and he didn’t mind that. He knew that they still had to go over a few things. If he was as

              Max walked out to the parking lot after locking up the office for the night. He knew that it had to be hard for her to come to him, remembering how tongue-tied she was that one time. Though she had actually talked to him afterward, it was nothing but working together either as a student or she had been nice enough to make a little small talk. She had been clear on the things that she wanted in her life, and that was to finish school. He had been the same way.  He had to know the feeling of wanting something again to change the world for those trying to get into the field was something he couldn’t pass up. Though he had fought with the administration for the classes to be added and the new degree to be added to the course selection, it was always passed up. Max was beyond frustrated w

  “Is this a professor hang out?” Deanna asked as she looked around. “It looks like it, but I wouldn’t have a clue,” Max replied. “I know some people from the force have told me this place was good.” “How does that work?” Deanna asked as she turned around to face him. He was glad she had dropped the subject and was talking about another. “How does what work?” he asked back. “You and the police force?” Deanna asked as she met his eyes as his name was called to be seated. He guided her back to the table and waited until she sat before he took the seat opposite of her. Somehow he was able to keep his mind clear of everything but what they were talking about. That was enough of an issue for him to stop and think what she was saying. He could barely hear his brain over the hard thudding in his chest. Though fate might have brought her to him right when he was able to really deal and comprehend what was going on and that this was a prize he won

  “What?” she asked. “Come back to my house.” He pleaded with her. He felt he was on fire. Desire was leaching into his blood. “Not to have sex. But to take this a little bit further. Something we can’t do here.” “Are you sure?” Deanna asked as she looked into his eyes. They were burning in a way she had never seen before. “Yes.” He said as he stood and when he tried to move quickly. “Deanna, we do need to talk, but I can’t think here,” Max said. He smiled at her as she placed her hand in his. He wanted to throw her over his shoulder and run back to his house and throw her in his bed. He knew he had to take a step back and give her time. This was not like him. He needed an ice bath. There was something about her that made his blood boil in the best of ways. This was years of pent-up wanting and then his own needs coming through.  The car ride to his house was short. It was only a few streets over. As soon as the garage door shut, he

Max’s story part two   Max Anderson was reeling from everything that happened in the past 24 hours. It seemed like every single one of history was coming true. Either everything that he had ever wanted had been saved for this moment where he had finally been freed from his past. Most mornings, he started off completely by himself and stayed in his dungeon office without seeing another person unless he had a class, and he was perfectly fine with that. This particular morning he had his assistant who had spent the night at his house in front of him. Of course, this particular assistant was somebody that he'd been secretly watching for years. Having known that Deanna's quest right in front of him was enough to calm his nerves at the same time as exciting him in a way that he had not been excited by a female in a very long time. The one thing in the world he wanted a relationship with but had a professional integrity issue and, of course, the fact that his past had