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It's oddly exciting watching Bella freshen up her heart pattern, eliminating all the other hairs and stubble with the practiced hand of a professional. I love that she's bare and smooth where I love to have my lips on her.
My eyes drop to my own …area, and I take a good hard look at what Bella just had in her mouth. I can't say I've spent much time considering this before, but since I'm perched here on the marble ledge, I have a pretty good view, especially if I move my—
"Edward?"
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing?" she asks.
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"Can I ask you something?"
She answers immediately, "Of course."
"Does all this hair down here bother you?"
She steps closer, and her belly button ring comes into sharp view, but I force my eyes up to her face.
"Edward, why are you asking me this?"
"I don't know, I never really thought about it before, I guess. But here you are with your pretty little heart…" I trace the crisp outline with my finger, making her squirm, "and I'm all…"
"Manly?" she offers compassionately.
"I was going to say 'scraggly'."
"So?"
"Would you rather I was…"
"Manscaped?"
"Yeah. Well?"
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"Sure. It'd be fun if you were smooth."
I must make an awful face because she cups my cheek and smiles. "But you're fine the way you are. I don't have any problem with it."
But it'd be fun if I were smooth.
Man up time, Edward. Or should I say, 'Manscape up'?
"So… do you…?" I swirl my finger between the razor she's holding and my shriveling penis.
"Oh! You want me to trim the hedge?"
I shrug, not entirely sure I do, but acknowledging that I wouldn't have the first clue how to get the job done satisfactorily.
A/N: I had so much fun with this chapter and the next. Thank you, as always, to my Patchers for providing opinions and real-life experience on the topic of manscaping! XXX ~BOH