Sharpbanter Stories

This story is a love letter to C-dramas-sharp, seductive, and just a little unhinged. When Lin Yueqin signs heartthrob actor Xu Zhihao, it's more than just a power play- it sparks a collision of fantasy and reality, where obsession simmers and love threatens to undo everything. === "You rewrote the confession," Lin Yueqin finally broke the silence. He turned, unsurprised. "I did." Her tone was cool, but not icy. "You changed it's entire tone." "You said it felt unearned." "I didn't ask for you to start crying." He studied her for a moment. "Would you prefer I stayed untouchable?" She met his gaze, unreadable. "I'd prefer you stay on script." There was a flicker of something behind his eyes-something sharp. "The original script wasn't working. If the audience doesn't believe it, they won't care." "You changed the tone of the entire confession because I made one comment?" she asked, bewildered. "How do you know the audience won't believe it?" He blinked. Just once. And then- "Maybe you're the audience that matters." === Lin Yueqin is a ruthless business tycoon with a heart of ice-or so the world believes. Known as the Ice Empress of Linhua, she dominates boardrooms with cold precision. But behind closed doors, she secretly binges romance dramas and obsesses over Xu Zhihao-the brooding heartthrob who plays emotionally wounded men just a little too well. Xu Zhihao has made a career selling the illusion of love. On screen, he's perfect: cool, distant, devoted. Off screen, he sees love as a trap-shaped by the wreckage of his parents' relationship. He's never been in love-and he intends to keep it that way. When Yueqin signs him to a creative deal, the script changes. She thought it was business. He turns it into something else. Now, every moment feels like a scene. And when the roles blur, neither of them can tell who's really in control. She's not the type to fall. He's not the type to let go. And some illusions are harder to walk away from.

They're not in love. They're just pretending. Top agents Audrielle Pierce and Ethan Cole are forced undercover as a couple to track a dangerous organization in London. The mission demands trust, chemistry, and perfect teamwork-three things they absolutely do not have. With enemies watching and their past getting in the way, pretending starts to feel real... and trusting each other might be the most dangerous move of all. A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers spy romance full of fake dating, sharp banter, and high-stakes tension.

Seventeen-year-old Rory Blake wasn't supposed to cross paths with Kai Grey. But the second she stumbles into his drug deal at a beach party, he makes it his mission to destroy her. Kai is ruthless, untouchable, and infuriatingly magnetic, the boy every parent warns you about and every girl secretly watches. Rory doesn't fall for it. She hates him. He hates her more. Their every encounter is a battle; sharp words, cruel games, and a tension that coils tighter every time they're forced too close. She swears she'll never let him win. He swears he'll break her first. But hate this sharp has a way of catching fire and once it does, neither of them will be able to put it out.

From the very beginning, Ivy and Zain had been rivals. She found him arrogant, sharp-tongued, impossible to ignore. He found her stubborn, fiery, and far too easy to provoke. But 10th grade changes everything. Their arguments grow heavier, their teasing more dangerous, and every glance carries something neither of them dares to admit. When a reckless moment ends in a rough, desperate kiss, Ivy's world tilts off its axis. She tells herself it meant nothing. That she hates him. But Zain doesn't let her forget. His words turn sharper, his gaze more possessive, until avoidance becomes impossible. The closer he pushes, the more she aches with the truth she doesn't want to face: Hate isn't what burns between them anymore. It's something far more dangerous.

He forced her into marriage to control her. She married him to ruin him. Aarya Sen doesn't take orders. Especially not from gun-wielding, God-complex mafia heirs who think a forced marriage will tame her. Rivan Kapoor needs a bride-for cover, for power, for reasons no one can know. Aarya was supposed to be quiet, obedient, invisible. Instead, she turned his mansion into a warzone and his heart into her favorite punching bag. And if she keeps walking around in his shirts like that... someone's going to get hurt.