Novels by Dimash

Chapter 22: The ShowInitially, the director had planned to grant the participants a bit more free-form schedule, but observations over the past two days made it crystal clear: the dynamics in some of the couples were "impressive," to say the least. They operated strictly on the principle of "nudge them and they move, don't nudge them and they freeze in place"!Even with that simple "good night" wish, he had to goad them multiple times. And while the resulting frame turned out lovely, the director learned a firm lesson: leaving the initiative to chance was no longer an option—he had to load them up with tasks to the absolute max!Completely unaware that she had already topped the director's "special attention blacklist," Rita watched as the staff carried a painfully familiar box into the room—the very one from which they had drawn penalty cards yesterday... Out of the deepest "trust" in the production crew, Rita cautiously edged further back into the depth of the sofa. The director, c

Chapter 21: Joining the ShowThe third day of the reality show's filming.Rita had tied her hair into a playful high ponytail, making her look extraordinarily fresh, youthful, and energetic. When she came downstairs to the first floor, breakfast was already served on the dining table—individually portioned for everyone. This time, Luna and Roman had taken care of the morning meal, preparing a fresh vegetable salad and poached eggs.Settling into her seat, Rita rubbed her tiny hands together in anticipation, picking up a spoon in one hand and a fork in the other. With one hand she scooped up crisp vegetables, while with the other she nudged the egg, devouring the treat with full cheeks. While Rita was fairly indifferent to greens, she held a genuine, deep-seated aversion to egg yolks. As a result, the vegetable salad vanished from her plate at lightning speed, whereas the poached egg ended up nibbled around its entire perimeter. She had meticulously eaten all the white without touching

Chapter 20. The Show“And Arman is such a good guy! The question seemed totally ordinary, but I bet my life he did it completely on purpose!”“+1, tactfully cleared Rita's name in front of the whole country! Girls, take notes on how to defend your exes (doge-emoji)”And just like that, accompanied by jokes and teasing from the viewers, the game gradually drew to a close. Outside the window, night had already fallen, and the guests couldn't help but start thinking about dinner.In the evening, actors Roman and Luna immediately declared that they wouldn't be having dinner: they had eaten way too much during lunch, so the evening meal was canceled for them.The remaining two couples unanimously decided to grab something light. Lina and Nicholas volunteered to showcase their culinary talents and cook their signature dish for everyone—homemade soup!To make the soup look more appetizing, thin slices of marbled beef and diced peeled tomatoes were added to the broth. Once the broth gained a

Chapter 19. The ShowLooking at how Rita propped her chin in both fists and froze with an utterly crestfallen expression, questioning the very meaning of existence, the stream audience went into total hysterics.“Save me, Rita is literally the grand champion of bad luck! My stomach hurts so bad from laughing!”“Believe me, even K-drama screenwriters couldn't write this stuff! I've never in my life met a child so fatally unlucky!”“Hahaha! And here I naively thought lady luck had finally smiled on Rita... Yeah, right, hopeless expectation!”Just a second ago, Rita had been gloatingly rubbing her hands together, burning with impatience while waiting for a juicy piece of gossip about Arman, and the very next instant, that exact gossip—executed by Arman himself—flew straight into her forehead! As it turned out, the losing Arman drew a card that granted him the right to "punish" anyone else, and the victim of fate, naturally, turned out to be Rita.To the girl, it felt as though her world

Chapter 18. The ShowHer tiny voice sounded fierce, yet it was terrifyingly adorable. At first, Arman didn't even understand what she was planning, but hearing those words, he froze for a fraction of a second, and the next moment, as if no longer able to hold back, he let out a low, velvety laugh. He obediently turned his head away, the corners of his lips remaining curved upward in a smile.Noticing that Arman had looked away, Rita dove back into counting her points, completely missing his stifled chuckles. Only when she finished drawing her cards and leaned back did she finally notice the distinct vibration of his chest. That was when it hit her: he was laughing! And putting two and two together, it wasn't hard to guess that he was laughing precisely at her!Rita felt like smacking him with her fist out of pure annoyance—what was so funny, anyway?! Still, her sudden "tactical maneuver" had failed completely, and feeling deeply exhausted by life, the girl decided to shift her attenti

Chapter 17. The ShowSince the previous participants completed their punishments without unnecessary delay, Rita didn't want to hold up the filming process either. Under the watchful eyes of the entire crew, she quickly rose from her seat, walked over to Arman's sofa, and sat down right beside him.While the girl was frantically trying to figure out how exactly to execute the task, Arman didn't even bat an eye at her arrival, maintaining a completely cold, detached appearance—as if what was happening didn't concern him in the slightest.Rita didn't know whether she was imagining things or not, but she had a distinct feeling that Arman was angry. Was he really so unwilling to complete the punishment with her? Still, Rita couldn't possibly embrace anyone else anyway, so even seeing Arman's clear reluctance to cooperate, all she could do was grit her teeth and act.And then her rich imagination kicked in: Rita spread her slender arms wide, tightly wrapped them around Arman's waist, and s