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Step Daddy Wants To Be My Husband

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Elizabeth, after being saved, resumed the identity of Sir Tansi's stepdaughter, who had mysteriously passed away. She knew being his stepdaughter wasn't all he wanted. ______________ Elizabeth had the disease. She sleeps each night only to have her soul in another body. She never gained consciousness inside those bodies. Until one day. "I'm dead-" she slapped her hand over her mouth. The Mayor is dead. His lifeless body laid before her. She needed to leave immediately! Her eyes darted to the window. Knowing it was the Mayor's residence, his house was a five-story mansion. She wouldn't survive a fall. But she had to. She stepped close to the window, peering out to assess the distance- "If you fall, you'll die." A voice came from the shadows of the room. Elizabeth had never been so startled. She almost tripped over the window frame. It was dark, so she couldn't see who it was. The Mayor's brother. "I didn't do it on purpose, I swear!" Elizabeth's heart pounded, almost bursting from her chest. The voice chuckled richly. "It's never on purpose." "This will never happen again, I promise, just let me go, please." From the direction of his voice, Elizabeth could tell he was sitting down. The smell of cigarettes reached her nose. "That's not my problem now, eh?" Elizabeth heard a little tapping, probably dusting off his cigarette. "My question is… how'd you gain consciousness inside the body?" Elizabeth hadn't had time to consider that yet. She just wanted to be safe first. The man continued. "And how'd you get here?" he said. "There's a lot of concoctions around the mansion to prevent your kind from entering." She wasn't about to respond when she clearly didn't know the answer. But then something clicked, and she asked, "Why didn't you stop me?" "That wouldn't be fun now, would it?" he said with a chuckle. "Security will be here in about five minutes. You can choose to follow me or jump.” _____ Author's Note: I'm not new here, I lost my old account. If you could read 5 chapters before leaving I'll appreciate it.
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