When I'm With You: Part VII (9 page)

Shane shook his head. You could ignore your advancing age as much as you wanted, but the next generation refused to allow you to remain secure in your denial.

“You’re thirty-four years old,” he said as he drove down the silent, dimly lit city street.

“Since November,” Laura replied in a hushed voice.

It took him a half a minute to realize that she was crying. She never made a sound as she stared straight ahead, the tears clinging like ice crystals against her smooth cheek.

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Because You Are Mine
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When I’m With You

PART I: WHEN WE TOUCH

PART II: WHEN YOU DEFY ME

PART III: WHEN YOU TEASE ME

PART IV: WHEN I’M BAD

PART V: WHEN YOU SUBMIT

PART VI: WHEN YOU TRUST ME

PART VII: WHEN I NEED YOU

Because You Are Mine

PART I: BECAUSE YOU TEMPT ME

PART II: BECAUSE I COULD NOT RESIST

PART III: BECAUSE YOU HAUNT ME

PART IV: BECAUSE YOU MUST LEARN

PART V: BECAUSE I SAID SO

PART VI: BECAUSE YOU TORMENT ME

PART VII: BECAUSE I NEED TO

PART VIII: BECAUSE I AM YOURS

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