Romantic Comedy Box Set (Helen Grey Series Books 1 & 2) by Hodge Sibel

Author:Hodge, Sibel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, comedy, humor, romantic comedy, womens fiction, chick lit, contemporary womens fiction, hu, changing life
Publisher: Sibel Hodge

Chapter 2

‘Look on the bright side.’ I smiled at Kalem as we boarded the packed plane and pulled out my boarding pass.

‘And what’s that? We’ve just saved hundreds of pounds by not missing our flight?’

‘You started it all,’ I said.

‘I hardly think that defacing a box of hair dye is on a par with defacing a passport.’

‘Actually, I was going to say, at least we managed to get the seats with the extra legroom.’ My eyes darted between the seat number on my boarding pass and the corresponding seat row, realizing that an elderly couple were sitting in our seats.

The couple stared at me in my burka and melted back into the leather upholstery.

‘Suicide bomber,’ the elderly man whispered to his blue-rinsed wife, grabbing her arm in a death-grip.

I seriously hoped she didn’t have osteoporosis. He’d pull it off at this rate.

‘It’s OK, madam. These passengers have been through the same security checks as everyone else. There’s absolutely nothing to worry about,’ the air stewardess whispered to the couple

Bloody cheek! Thinking that I’m a suicide bomber, just because I’m wearing a burka! And anyway, I didn’t think it was politically correct to refer to them as suicide bombers these days. I thought the new terminology was Death Enforcement Technician.

The elderly woman made a sign of the cross.

The stewardess turned to us. ‘I’m afraid we’ve had a little medical emergency. As you were late boarding, we’ve had to move some passengers into your seats at the front.’ She leaned in closer. ‘Nearer to the toilets,’ she whispered.

‘There goes the extra leg room,’ Kalem whispered in my ear.

‘Follow me. There are a couple of seats in the middle.’ She shot off down the aisle as the engines roared to life.

We ignored the suspicious looks from the fellow passengers as we got settled in our seats. I could’ve sworn I heard a little boy in the seat behind me ask his parents why I was dressed as a letter box.

Kalem reached for my hand, gazed into my eyes, and smiled. ‘OK, we’re finally onboard.’ He let out a sigh of relief. ‘We can relax now.’

My heart did a loop-the-loop as I reached over and tried to kiss him, then realized that was probably one of the many things you couldn’t actually do wearing a burka.

‘You can take the burka off now if you want.’

I gave him a playful punch on the arm. ‘I can’t. I haven’t got anything on underneath it.’

He gave me a seductive grin. ‘What, nothing?’

‘It is actually a bit hot under here.’ I wafted the material around. ‘I can’t believe I fell for it. Why didn’t Ayshe or your parents tell me it was a joke that brides-to-be have to wear burkas when they arrive in North Cyprus?’

‘They thought I’d tell you at the last minute that it wasn’t for real.’ The grin got wider.

‘Anyway, you really did start all this. You’ve been playing practical jokes on me since I was a kid. You deserve some payback.’

‘Well, I’ve known you were the girl for me since I was about four years old.

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