The Dean's Secret: Six Degree Connections Series 2

By Victoria Michaels

Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people on average, are six or fewer social connections away from each other. A friend of a friend, an uncle or an aunt, my cousin Vinnie, or a coworker may connect any two people in the world in a maximum of six steps.

The ending of each Six Degree Connections Series story leads from a person affected by the current story into the next story. We are all connected. Find out how.

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Courtney is a straight A college student, which is a noble achievement. It's not easy to ace all your classes at that level, especially philosophy. Especially when the philosophy professor is a gorgeous hunk, and she cannot keep her mind on anything except letting him take her…for her first time. And she has another dream. More of a want…a need. All Courtney wants is a baby. If Dean Adam Winters would just notice her, she knows she could get him to make love to her and create a beautiful child with her. There's just one problem that Courtney can see…he's already dating one of the other college professors, Ms. Stevenson – Bethany.

Bethany's idea of a man is someone powerful and good-looking who makes good money. That's all. She doesn't need doting attention or fatal attraction…or even love. If he checks all her boxes, he can check her box. But…there better be a ring at the end of it.

Adam is satisfied with his relationship with Bethany. No ties, no troubles, no promises. Or…that's the way he sees it. He is not the marrying type. As Dean of the university, he is far too busy…and important to have a deep relationship. Or God-forbid, a wife! No, not him. But there's this girl…woman…in his philosophy class that he cannot get off his mind. He even imagines her face when he's making love to Bethany. But…she's so young. And a student! That is so taboo Adam cannot even think about it, so he just puts Courtney Zimmerman out of his mind. But somehow, she keeps slipping back in.

Dean Adam Winters is very powerful, but he is keeping secrets from the world. He and Bethany think they are hiding their relationship, but it is apparent to anyone who is watching them. Will Courtney get her way with Dean Winters? If she does, this would be another secret he would have to keep…from everyone. And maybe Courtney has a secret of her own.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Victoria Michaels
• Release date: Aug 18, 2021
• ISBN: 9798215350713

Victoria Michaels

Victoria Michaels 💋 is the author of the Stephanie Unchained series and is a best-selling breakout author of dozens of steamy romance novels. A former high school English and Literature teacher, Victoria lives in the rural Canadian Rockies with her husband and their three dogs, Jake a border collie, Madeline a Golden Retriever, and Cherry a Labradoodle. Follow Victoria on Facebook and Amazon as well! 💖

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Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people on average, are six or fewer social connections away from each other. A friend of a friend, an uncle or an aunt, my cousin Vinnie, or a coworker may connect any two people in the world in a maximum of six steps.

The ending of each Six Degree Connections Series story leads from a person affected by the current story into the next story. We are all connected. Find out how.

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Courtney is a straight A college student, which is a noble achievement. It’s not easy to ace all your classes at that level, especially philosophy. Especially when the philosophy professor is a gorgeous hunk, and she cannot keep her mind on anything except letting him take her...for her first time. And she has another dream. More of a want...a need. All Courtney wants is a baby. If Dean Adam Winters would just notice her, she knows she could get him to make love to her and create a beautiful child with her. There’s just one problem that Courtney can see...he’s already dating one of the other college professors, Ms. Stevenson – Bethany.

Bethany’s idea of a man is someone powerful and good-looking who makes good money. That’s all. She doesn’t need doting attention or fatal attraction...or even love. If he checks all her boxes, he can check her box. But...there better be a ring at the end of it.

Adam is satisfied with his relationship with Bethany. No ties, no troubles, no promises. Or...that’s the way he sees it. He is not the marrying type. As Dean of the university, he is far too busy...and important to have a deep relationship. Or God-forbid, a wife! No, not him. But there’s this girl...woman...in his philosophy class that he cannot get off his mind. He even imagines her face when he’s making love to Bethany. But...she’s so young. And a student! That is so taboo Adam cannot even think about it, so he just puts Courtney Zimmerman out of his mind. But somehow, she keeps slipping back in.

Dean Adam Winters is very powerful, but he is keeping secrets from the world. He and Bethany think they are hiding their relationship, but it is apparent to anyone who is watching them. Will Courtney get her way with Dean Winters? If she does, this would be another secret he would have to keep...from everyone. And maybe Courtney has a secret of her own.

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Chapter One - Courtney

I’ve been watching him for four years now; memorizing everything about him. The way he talks, the way he moves, the way he breathes. I’ve read every bit of public information on this guy from social media posts to newspaper announcements to papers he has published on the subject of philosophy. That’s the one-and-only course he teaches here at the University and the only reason that he even knows that I exist. I am his number one student; have been for four years. Since my first day at this university and I saw Dean Winters walking down the hallway, I immediately investigated what courses he taught. Just this one. So, I signed up. I need philosophy anyhow for my Journalism degree, but wow...this man makes the work seem effortless. All I do is imagine him...and me...and his hands on me. That’s all I want. And I aim to get it. Now...I only have to get through that bitch!

Ms. Zimmerman? Ms. Zimmerman... I hear a distant voice pulling me from my deep thoughts. As I focus my attention back to the room my eyes are met across it by his, dark and alluring, yet full of questions.

Huh? Yes...what? I sit up in my chair now fully aware that the entire class in lecture theatre one is turned and staring at me, waiting for...I’m not sure. Could you repeat the question, Dean Winters? I couldn’t quite hear you from so far back.

"Perhaps you should move closer to the front, Ms. Zimmerman. The question was what was the biggest change that the Presocratic efforts brought to early philosophy?" Dean Winters waits expectantly, staring directly at me, his eyes locked on mine. This is a challenge. I have already proven that I am the best philosophy student in the class, and now he wants me to demonstrate this by answering a theoretical question that I am guessing no one else has satisfactorily replied to.

Ummm...well...I believe that previous thinking around the questions of where we came from and what does this all mean were based in superstition and fear, and perhaps even a little magic. But the Presocratic philosophers evolved this thinking into a more scientific method approach. A big smile crosses Dean Winters’ gorgeous face and crinkles the corners of those amazingly deep eyes as he shows how impressed he is with my answer.

Yes! And...what was another term for Presocratics? Dean Winters is now passing his gaze from one student to the next, implying that he believes I know the answer.

Fuck! I can’t remember. If I hadn’t been sitting here daydreaming about him pounding me as I lay across his desk, moaning...wait...that’s it! Monists. I reply calmly as I feel heat and moisture warming my sex. They were called Monists. I repeat and flash Dean Winters a demure, sexy smile. I see his eyes change from a look of pride in his best student to shock, but I think I also see a little interest under that look. I push just a little further and the tip of my tongue peeks from between my lips to slide across them slowly. Then I sit up straight in my chair and smile broadly. Anything else, Dean Winters? I ask sassily.

Thank you, Court...Ms. Zimmerman. We’re out of time. Dean Winters appears to recover. Alright, Wednesday’s class will delve deeper into Greek Mythology versus Theology. I suggest everyone do some reading to prepare. As Dean Winters turns to scrawl this across the whiteboard in large almost illegible handwriting, I hone in on his tight ass. I know he’s a runner as I’ve seen him early in the mornings, running through campus. I think he his office must be equipped with a shower. Lately, I too have been thinking about taking up early-morning running.

What was that all about? Kendra leans over me to pick up her books and I begrudgingly tear my eyes from Dean Winters’ butt to meet her questioning ones.

"What was what about?" I feign innocence. I haven’t told my best friend and roommate that I am in total lust over Dean Adam Winters, hottest middle-aged man on campus.

"It was like you couldn’t remember anything at