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This story was supposed to be one shot, but my imagination wondered, so might be few more chapters.
Hope you will enjoy! : )
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This time it was different. Nobody was going to disturb them and nobody was watching. His hands were around her waist, pulling her closer, as he tasted her wonderful lips. For a long time Jack hadn't felt anything like it, and to be honest, he doubted that anything else on this whole wide world could make his heart run like this. She had his heart, completely and utterly under her spell.
When Jack finally withdrew Himself from Phryne, she was smiling, her eyes were sparkling like the starry sky, below which he tried to kiss her for the first time, and her red lipstick was smudged in rather pleasant way around her mouth.
„Well Jack, I must admit that your gentleman manners are quite unexpected."
He smirked back to her silently and pulled out a handkerchief „Miss Fisher, if you want my manners to stay a secret, we better clean off that smeared lipstick."
Phryne chuckled lightly „Can you give me a helping hand?" No doubt that was an invitation to smear her lipstick even more, but for his amusement Jack started to carefully clean her chin. She laughed a bit louder and pulled Jack in for another breathless kiss.
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When about ten minutes later they returned to the living room, Phryne's lips were freshly painted and Jack was trying his best not to look guilty as a schoolboy after doing something obviously forbidden.
But the problem with small parties is that nothing goes by unnoticed - and after Phryne and Jack sat down on one of the couches in the furthest corner of the room one of Phryne's cousins – Elizabeth – came along to have a chat.
Elizabeth and Victoria annoyed Phryne. They both were two snobbish girls which were raised in wealth and boredom. None of them had sense of adventure or fun, they loved to gossip too much and had yet to find a husband to marry - it was aim of life for both of them. And Mr Jack Robinson with his charm and good looks were the apple of Elizabeth's eye.
„Good evening, Mr Robinson was it?" she introduced herself with a big and sugary smile on her face.
„We noticed that you both were gone for a while, had any fun?" Elizabeth asked in unseemly and direct way, closely watching Jacks face. Being his usual self Jack blushed a little, while smile on Elizabeth's face got even sweeter.
„Dearest Elizabeth," Phryne cut in unceremoniously „We and Mr Robinson here have a business to talk about. You see, we both are detectives in Australia and I would appreciate if you could let us have a private conversation about particularly difficult case."
Elizabeth's tone got cold „ Very well, but me and my sister Victoria would appreciate if Mr Robinson could accompany us to theatre tomorrow evening, there is Hamlet's premiere and we would love to show our Australian friend some classical piece of art, what do you say, Mr Robinson?"
Jack was in a bit of a shock. Turns out that almost everyone in Phryne's family was liberally minded. After a second he responded „I'm sorry, Miss Elizabeth, but I already have plans for tomorrow evening." He responded as politely as he could, although a sense of bubbling laughter in his chest was hard to suppress.
„What a pitty, maybe some other time, Mr Robinson?"
Jack blinked his eyes. He was not prepared to deal with this kind of situation considering that only two thought on his mind at the moment was Phryne and her soft lips.
„Yes, I would be delighted" there was nothing else he could think of, but deep inside he hoped that „some other time" will turn out „never", although if someone from Miss Fisher's family was involved that will not be the case and he was sure of it.
„Excellent!" Phryne heard a triumph in her cousin's voice, and with winning smile Elizabeth left Phryne and Jack to their conversation.
„You must have quite an impressive evening plan to turn down Shakespeare! " she teased.
„I was hoping to have dinner with you, Miss Fisher, but if you want me to accompany your cousins to theatre instead... " he smirked at her and his eyes studied her lips.
Phryne laughed cheerfully „How very gentleman of you, Jack, I hope you won't be so well mannered tomorrow evening!"
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It was somewhat before midnight when guests started to leave. And soon enough Jack and Elizabeth were the only ones left besides Phryne and her mother. Baron had excused himself and went to bed quite early – trip with the plane had gotten better of him and there were no company that could made him stay up longer.
„Thank you for lovely evening, Mrs Fisher, but it's quite late and I must be going."
„I hope you will visit us again Mr Robinson" she said with a smile on her face. Mrs Fisher had no doubt that she will be seeing a lot more of Mr Robinson, given that almost all evening he spoke with no one else except her daughter and that she had never seen Phryne so interested in any other man before. Mrs Fisher was almost certain that Jack was something else than just „old friend", but she liked the man and from what she had seen tonight – her daughter liked him even more.
„I must be going too, you were lovely as always Mrs Fisher, and it's always so nice to visit you. And you cousin – I hope we can meet up soon and you could tell me all about your life in Australia."
Phryne endowed her with a fake smile, but her mother kissed Elizabeth on the cheek „It was lovely to see you too, my dear!"
„Mr Robinson, would you be so kind to escort me home? It's quite late and London at night can be dangerous place" Elizabeth spoke in her most innocent tone.
It took all of Phryne's will power not to roll her eyes, and looking at her,Jack almost started to chuckle, obviously, he couldn't say no and few minutes later Jack and Elizabeth went out in the foggy night.
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„Thank you very much, Mr Robinson, you are real gentleman" Elizabeth said in coquettish tone, when they finally found a cab to get her home.
„By the way, you still have a red lipstick on the corner of your lip" and giggling to herself she shut the cab door and drove away.
„Dear God, where have I gotten myself into?" Jack thought to himself while his face was taking tone of crimson red. Thankfully nobody could see him, and feeling weird mixture of excitement and shame he headed back to hotel.