CHAPTER 51

"Now how's my favourite ex-girlfriend doing?" The handsome newcomer asked cheerfully.

"Bernie!" Mikayla exclaimed breathily. "You're here!"

"In the flesh," he said, winking. He casually placed his hand across the back of her chair and stretched out his long legs under the table.

He sighed. "Nice!"

"I didn't know you were back home. When did you fly in from Africa?" Mikayla asked.

"Just two days ago. I didn't tell anyone so I could surprise you all. I was hoping you'd be here at the reunion so we'd get to see."

"I nearly wasn't going to come," she informed him. "Anna forced me into it."

He grinned. A dimple appeared in his cheek, mesmerizing Mikayla as it always had.

"I figured that would be the case so I planned to pay you a visit at the hospital if you didn't come."

"Are you back for good or just for a little while?" She asked.

He shook his head. "Just for a little while. I'll be going back in a week. I'm still much needed over there."

Mikayla nodded. That was one thing she'd alway