Chapter 58: Truly Exposed - Lemuel

After a nice relaxing bath free of any more interruptions, we get out and take a few minutes to trim our unruly beards. Both of our beards have grown out a bit in the last week, and I can’t speak for Sebastian, but I never let mine get this long. I always prefer my beard to be so short it almost appears painted on.

“Do you have any razors?” I ask.

He looks at me in confusion, “I just put one in front of you.”

“No, I mean a real razor, not this modern plastic crap.”

“You’ve been using the modern-day crap since you arrived here.”

“It sufficed in order to do basic maintenance, but now I need a little bit more than that and a straight razor works best,” I explain.

“You still use those?” He asks in surprise.

“Of course, they allow me to have such clean edges.”

“That explains it. I always wondered how you got your beard so neat. Sorry to say, I don’t have that kind of razor, but I can have the staff bring you one for future use,” he says, planting a shaving cream kiss on my cheek.

I smile a