Keeping Lines Selected

I have used CorelDRAW for many years and I have often found it annoying that after I draw a line, it is automatically selected. Many times this is fine but when I am drawing using the freehand tool for example, I want to freely draw lots of lines, many times right over the last line. With the auto-selection feature I can't always do that and anyhow it is anoying to work around and in between the handles.

I have scoured the literature and I have never read where it is possible to disable this feature. Does anybody know how to do that?

Thanks.