Holding Her in Madness (36 page)

A man grabbed my arm and rustled me out of the way in time for me to look up and realize
the
Peter Coburn stood mere feet from me.

“Ease up, Eric. That’s not necessary.”

The hypnotic timber of a sensual male voice with a deep east coast accent, cultured of course, tickled my ears. They burned with embarrassment as I met the eyes of the governor. His eyes were gorgeous and unusual, steel-gray, which easily expressed kindness, empathy and sexual attitude.

Eric let go of my arm abruptly yet I still felt breathless and my heart thundered in my chest. “Thank you, Governor Coburn.”

He looked me up and down though I couldn’t say I minded. I checked him out as well—how could I not? He was tall and well built, good looking with chiseled features and not one bit smarmy. I’d met way too many politicians in my lifetime and the ones who weren’t unattractive man-whores were either alcoholics or the holy-roller types. Washington, D.C. had always been the Hollywood for the intelligent and not-so-attractive but over the years, politicians had become younger, distinguished and sexier. Peter Coburn definitely fit this category with ease and expertise.

“Sigourney Stewart I presume?” Governor Coburn questioned softly.

“H-how do you know my name?”

“I read your resume and you’re extremely intelligent, graduated from Georgetown and have been accepted into Harvard Law School. How could I
not
know about you? I wanted Kylie to interview you personally.”

Premieres March 24, 2014