[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati":3,"chapter-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-863":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Harem Startup : The Demon Billionaire is on Vacation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1411250,1864,"Chapter 863: My Dragon","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-863",863,"\u003Cp>Chapter 863 – My Dragon\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers lingered there for a second longer than necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she pushed off the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turned the water on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because right now... She needed distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the way her heartbeat hadn’t settled since he said ’you’re mine’ like it wasn’t a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it wasn’t something she should have rejected immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water started running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steam began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yue stood there for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before stepping in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying very hard not to think about how much she was looking forward to seeing him again in five minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue stepped under the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hit her shoulders first, then slid down her back, washing over skin that still remembered too much. The steam curled around her like a quiet conspiracy, sealing her inside a space where no one could see her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which was exactly why this was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no distraction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Lux casually smirking and saying something that derailed her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...This is ridiculous,\" she muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice echoed faintly off the tile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dragged her fingers through her hair slowly, letting the water soak through it, grounding herself in something physical, something real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her mind went right back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infuriating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Persistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that’s when she saw it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not ownership in the way she had known before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subtle traces across her skin where his hands had been, where his lips had lingered, where heat had built and refused to leave even after everything ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand lifted instinctively, brushing over one of the marks on her collarbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it hadn’t fully faded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it was... waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath hitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memory hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not organized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That stupid, calm tone that somehow made everything worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way he said her name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’My dragon.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers curled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She squeezed her eyes shut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tried to force it down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because her body betrayed her before her mind could catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint flush crept up her neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cheeks warmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seriously?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue pressed her palm against her face for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this was not her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was an ancient dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had lived through wars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through power struggles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through marriages that were nothing more than contracts stamped in bloodlines and obligation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t react like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in her first marriage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hand dropped slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her eyes opened again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Locked on her reflection in the fogged glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why now?\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this didn’t make sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not logically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not strategically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not emotionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze drifted down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the sigil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That damn sigil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still faintly glowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still... connected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers brushed over it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And instantly, a pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subtle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You didn’t bind me,\" she muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelmor bound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Owned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she could fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That she could break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lux?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t take.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He left it open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And somehow, that made it harder to ignore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shoulders slumped slightly under the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is worse,\" she admitted quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because now she had a choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she wasn’t sure she liked the direction that choice was pulling her toward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts drifted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uninvited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncontrolled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he wasn’t joking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he wasn’t teasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he said things like it was just... truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’You’re mine.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her face flushed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harder this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up,\" she muttered to herself, to him, to whatever part of her mind kept replaying that line like it was important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it wasn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shouldn’t be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, her fingers tightened slightly against her own arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because something about the way he said it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not commanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not forcing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just... certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That certainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And worse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A part of her didn’t reject it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue’s eyes widened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She straightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water running down her back, grounding her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn’t acceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was not going to stand here and analyze why that idiot demon’s voice was stuck in her head like a curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dragged her hands down her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then through her hair again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breathing slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Controlled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Centering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get it together,\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You are a dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not some...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thoughts stalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the next word that came up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Teenager.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then immediately frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolutely not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The evidence was right there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way her thoughts kept circling back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way her body reacted before her mind approved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is humiliating,\" she muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had never...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Never...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Acted like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not even in her youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, she had been composed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Untouchable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when others tried to provoke her, tempt her, challenge her... Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn’t feel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So why now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers tightened again at her side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because she knew the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she didn’t like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Lux didn’t treat her like something to own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or something to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or something to conquer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He treated her like...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Equal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Partner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Challenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that hit differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath slowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze softened just slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re trouble,\" she murmured again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this time, it didn’t sound like an insult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like a problem she hadn’t figured out how to solve yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water kept running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steam rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wrapping around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yue stood there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying very hard not to think about how she was going to look at him when she walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if she wasn’t careful, she might not look at him like an enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or an ally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or even a threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was the real danger.\u003C\u002Fp>",1010,"2026-06-05T23:57:29.709Z",1,"novelbin.me","a227ffbce1d319770f9cc5e4240e40c50888a886274a4e648eee4c8bfafc5f26","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-864","harem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-chapter-576",878,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fharem-startup-the-demon-billionaire-is-on-vacati-cover.jpg"]