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“Apparently so,” Corey murmured. Drifting in emptiness seemed preferable to dealing at the moment.

All of sudden, she felt hands grip her shoulders. Her eyes snapped open and she saw Austin kneeling in front of her.

“You went to this place when you were seven,” he said quietly. “There’s no reason to do it now, Corey. You aren’t alone.”

“Who the hell do you think you are? Haven’t you battered me enough for one night?”

His head jerked back, and his hands released her. She felt a momentary satisfaction. He’d been dishing it out all evening. Her turn.

He jumped up and started walking away. But he turned around suddenly. “Hate me,” he said.

“Even hate is better than nothing.”

The words seemed to make no sense, but the next thing she knew, he lifted her off the couch and sat with her across his lap. Astonished, furious at being manhandled, she opened her mouth to yell at him, but the moment was lost as he kissed her.

Then she was lost, too.