Jonas startled slightly at the voice, but he soon broke into a broad smile when he realised it had been Mercedes trying to catch his attention. He pushed his papers to one side with a sweep of his arm, and jumped up to get the door.
He gestured Mercedes inside. "Please, come in, take a seat, take a seat." He pulled out the chair which sat across from his own at the desk. "Well, this is a lovely surprise, at least I hope it is pleasure rather than business that brings you out this way?"