"He drives me mad. I drive him insane. Welcome to Team Hate."🔥 They say there's a thin line between love and hate. For Sarah & Shameer? That line is on fire. 🔥 He's the arrogant billionaire who thinks the world bends for him. She's the stubborn girl who refuses to bow. Every glare is a spark ⚡. Every fight is a storm 🌪️. Every word between them drips with venom... and something dangerously close to desire. 👀 She swears she can't stand him. He swears he doesn't need her. So why do their hearts race every time they're in the same room? Why does hate start to feel like heat? And what happens when the games stop feeling like games... and start feeling like everything? Because when Team Hate plays, someone's bound to get burned. 🔥💋 👑💌 This is Team Hate. And sometimes... hate is another word for obsession. 🗓️ Every Wednesday and occasional Saturdays #1 on #morallygrey out of 655 stories #2 on #tease out of 1.96k stories #5 on #dramaromance out of 3.75k stories #9 on #team out of 19.3k stories #16 on #humour out of 35k stories #2 on #greyromance #4 on #bestie 🎭 GENRE / SUBGENRE ❤️🔥Romance drama (core) ❤️🔥Contemporary fiction with emotional depth ❤️🔥Romantic suspense / psychological edge ❤️🔥Slow burn but high tension ❤️🔥Character-driven romance ❤️🔥Light humor and fun ❤️ CORE TROPES 💫Enemies to Lovers 💫Forced proximity 💫Forced / arranged marriage 💫Protective / possessive male lead 💫Strong, sassy female lead 💫Banter & pranks 👑 SECONDARY TROPES / ELEMENTS 🔥Jealousy / possessiveness moments 🔥Powerful man, emotional mess 🔥Soft girl, sharp tongue dynamic 🔥Team dynamics 🔥High-stakes emotional tension

💔 Couple #1: Zayan & Rida She met her Best Friend's brother in a wedding but never thought she would end up marrying him. Life tries to break them by secrets, heartbreaks and scandals but he always chose her. •Thinks she is too hard to love × love her like breathing •Forced Proximity •Office Romance ----------------------------------------------------------------- ✍🏼 Couple #2: Tariq & Noor She was obsessed with her professor in college. He comes back into her life in her cousin's wedding but this time she knows her worth and he is the one trying not to fall. •Ex Student x Professor •Forbidden love •Second chance ----------------------------------------------------------------- 💃 Couple #3: Aydin & Sara She fake dates her cousin to get away from a proposal but she his childhood crush. Both try to pretend they are in love but soon they need to pretend they are not in love. •Fake dating •Badass Girl x Golden retriever •Mutual Pining ---------------------------------------------------------------- 👊🏼 Couple #4: Hassan & Aliya She never lets anyone in her life, not after all she is going through but she comes across her Best Friend's brother who is determined to become her boyfriend. •Friends to lovers •Reverse Grump × Sunshine •She doesn't believe in love × Gives her every reason to fall

"Stop trying to act like my fiancée because I don't give a damn about you!" His words echoed through the room breaking my remaining hopes - Alizeh (The badass girl) gets tied in an arranged marriage to Zain (The reserved one) but he makes it very clear he wants nothing to do with her while she can't help falling for him. Alizeh X Zain : •Arranged Marriage • Forced Proximity • Grumpy X Sunshine ----------- "Go die!" I shouted "Dying for you is very easy Meri Jaan. I want to live, for you, with you. But if I ever have to live without you again I WILL die." He replied like he meant every word of it. - Dua (the heartbroken girl) comes across Azaan (the playboy) who broke her years ago. Now that they meet again he is determined to get her back but she isn't ready to give him another chance but a truth from the past crushes all their chances. Dua X Azaan • Second Chance • Soulmates • Forbidden Love ---------- "That rich brat-!" I was complaining to my friend when a voice interrupted me from behind "Yes, sweetheart" it was that rich brat winking at me. -Noor (the good girl) meets her perfect match Ahaan (the bad boy) who challenges her in everything. He doesn't care about anyone except her but she cares about everyone except him. Noor X Ahaan • Enemies to lovers • Fake Dating • Good girl X Bad boy ---------- "We are nothing to each other" I said "Yes we are, you're my future girlfriend" he replied flashing his brightest smile. -Shayra (The grumpy sarcastic one) comes across Kabir (The golden retriever). He is the one who can bring light to her darkness. He falls for her but does she only pretends to fall for him? Shayra X Kabir •Reverse Grumpy X Sunshine • Love at First Sight * Office Romance ••• The four best friends ( Alizeh, Dua, Noor and Shayra ) meet up after five years at a former classmate's wedding but this wedding turns out to be a life changer for all of them as they come across the Aziz brothers.

Zaina Aziz is the popular high school girl. She may have the charisma of a mean girl but breaking the stereotypes she is also an academic weapon. That is until the new, quiet boy, Aariz Sheikh takes her place. From there, it is a cut-throat competition of scores, games, schemes, betrayal and love. Until one of them lose, leaving both of them miserable in the game of scores. Six years later, they cross paths again at a wedding where they end up being forced into their own marriage. Aariz is out for revenge but Zaina will stop at nothing to grovel and win him back. What will succeed in the games this time, love or revenge? "He was a game for her- a tragically beautiful game." Tropes: Zaina X Aariz Part-I • Academic Rivals • Popular Girl X New Boy • High School / Collage Romance • He fell first and harder • Betrayal • Enemies to Lovers Part-II • Marriage of Convenience • Secret Marriage • Second Chance • FMC Grovelling • Boss X Intern • Intense Slow Burn |Green Flag MMC | Strong FMC| No Toxic Drama | Found Family| No cheating | Standalone | Chaotic Cousins | School life fun | Friendships | happy ending - IMPORTANT! : This story can be read in 2 orders : 1. Part (0) --> Part (I) --> Part (II) If you want to read their school life as a flashback in the middle. (2) Part (I) --> Part (0) --> Part (II) If you wish to read in sequence of the events. I'd suggest this order for those interested in school life stories.

Four college girls, each grappling with personal challenges, forge a deep bond as they share a hostel room. Their life changes in their last year. Ahad x Hoorain When the girl who has guarded herself from bullies (due to her terrifying past experience with them) bumps into the bad boy of University. What happens when he finds himself madly in love with her. Will her past become an obstacle in their love? Will she ever accept him? "He was everything she was afraid of yet everything she ever dreamed of" _________________________________________ Ayan x Inaya What happens when circumstances drives the OG playboy (who doesn't believe in commitments) to feel such thing as love for Inaya Hassan. The girl who believes in true love and finds herself unloved. However this isn't a simple tale, what happens when a harsh truth is revealed? Will their love be unrequited and tragic? "The world wanted him yet he longed for someone he can't have" _________________________________________ Zaid x Ayra Brilliance, always measured against high expectations, hid their true selves. Zaid, with his gentle charm, and Ayra, with her sharp wit, found solace only in each other. Once fierce rivals dream of each other's downfall, they now protect each other at all costs. Their journey, far from simple, transformed deep-seated rivalry into a profound bond. "She was the storm everyone despises but her enemy was the only one who saw her through those storms (the person she never expected)" _________________________________________ Rayan x Maha Maha Aamir, full of life and bubbly, was the complete opposite of Rayan Khan. The football team's captain fell for the fashion designer. Their story seems simple, but upon reading, you'll discover the depth "And if the world was not accepting then, he'll build another to shield her"