Dean sighed and covered his face with one hand. “So that’s how it is, huh? You’re ready to throw it all away because of this?”
“Yeah,” Ian said, his voice just as quiet. “That’s how it is.”
“And you don’t think this is just another conquest for him?” Though his question was meant for Ian, Dean looked at Corey as he said it. The manager spoke as if he weren’t even in the room.
Corey bit his lower lip to keep from shouting at Dean. I’m right here, he wanted to say. Don’t talk about me like I’m not standing right in front of you. I’m not invisible. But he kept quiet, his arm tightening around Ian for strength. He knew whatever he said, Dean would find some way to twist it around. Sure, he’d been a slut in the past. Sure, he wasn’t a saint. But didn’t people change? Couldn’t they?
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