Rosa POV.
"Oh. My. God! Maximo Leonardi!" Ava exclaimed with a bright smile. "Max!" She squealed. "I haven't seen you in such a long time." Ava grinned as she approached Max and hugged him.
"Yeah, it's been a very long time," Max smiled, wrapping his arms around Ava and returning the hug.
"You never contacted me after the last time I saw you," Max mentioned as they pulled away.
"As if you used to text me every day," she taunted, gently bumping her fist on Max's chest.
"We've both been busy with our lives, right, Ava?" Max shrugged as he remarked.
"But... I'm so happy to see you here again," Ava murmured, her eyes glowing with admiration as they lingered on Max. "So much time has passed, and you're still the same."
I clenched the fork in my hand tightly, noticing that they were
