Page 107 of Sweet Shots

“Yeah?” I clear my throat when I hear how raspy it is.

“Have you read the latest copy of The Scandal Sheet?”

“Seriously? That’s what you woke me up for? You know I don’t read that trash.”

“Well, you should read this one. I’m sending screenshots.”

“Pretty sure that’s illegal,” I comment, pushing myself up to sit. I pinch the bridge of my nose to stave off the ache in my head.

“Don’t care.” He ends the call.

Zach subscribes to way too many gossip magazines. It’s how he fills his time, which you’d think he wouldn’t have much of, but he always knows what’s going on.

My phone dings with the text, so I open it up, knowing there must be a reason he told me about it. It’s probably something stupid, like another celeb couple getting divorced. People I couldn’t care less about, but Zach thinks is important. When the front cover pops up, my eyes bug out of my head and I jolt upwards, nearly falling off the bed.

There, on the front page, is Dominic. I recognize the suit as the one he wore to the award ceremony—what he wore the last time I saw him—and it causes a pang in my chest. I close my eyes, sighing.

Why the hell did Zach want me to see this?

I open my eyes, and the title catches my attention.

Drama on the Couch?

What the hell does that mean?

In smaller print, it says to open up to page seven to read the story. I swipe to the next photo. There are a few small images of the ceremony, including a picture of him and me sitting at the table. It makes me sick. Because I miss him, and I hate how much I miss him after what he did. And the fact he hasn’teven tried to come find me even after filing a police report isn’t helping. Did he do that just to clear his conscience? To make sure I wasn’t dead and then he could wash his hands of me? Real nice.

I read through the article, and honestly, I can’t even tell you why. This is all trash, and it’s unlikely true.

One month after the MAIF Awards brings some juicy drama—our favorite! While checking up on award winner Dominic Blake, staff here at TSS noticed some changes on his subscription page. No, it’s not the changes you’re thinking.

We’re all aware Dominic is in a committed relationship nowadays and has put a halt to the couch scenes—his claim to fame. But what we noticed was something even more.

Though Dominic mentioned he would be taking a different direction with his work and would be pausing his subs, so they would still have access to what is available but not be charged considering there is nothing new being uploaded, he did not mention anything about videos being removed.

Especially of one creator in particular.

Care to guess who it is?

Well, if you said Trent Ballz, you’d be right!

“What the hell?” I mutter to myself. Why would he take that video down?

Why would he take that video down, you ask? Well, we here at TSS wanted to know the same thing. So, we paid Dominic a little visit. He wasn’t keen on answering many questions, buthe did make a comment when we asked why he decided to remove the video of the man who got him the award.

Here’s what he had to say.

“First of all, you’ve got that backwards. Trent got the award because of me, not the other way around. He was a nobody before I agreed to make a video with him, because I’m not one of those people who care about fame. I care about my content and who can make a good video. At the time, that was him. But after learning the kind of person he is, I don’t want anything to do with that.”

When asked to elaborate, he said he wouldn’t. At least, not right now.

Which begs the question of—when?

Dominic says he’s dealing with some personal issues and the last thing he wants to worry about is making content. His personal life is more important.

Is there trouble in paradise already?

The new couple, Dominic Blake and Mikah Reed AKA Michael Preston, who is also an adult content creator, were all over each other at the award ceremony. So where is Mikah now?

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