The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chatper 142

Chapter 142

Sophia glanced at her phone and saw a call from her college mentor, Zachary.

Raising an eyebrow in confusion, she picked up the call.

It turned out that Zachary was hitting her up for a meal.

He was in town for a scholarly conference and knew she was still around, so he wanted to catch up over some grub.

Sophia was kinda taken aback.

Zachary had been her uni mentor.

Back in her freshman year, she’d snagged an award at the Architectural Design Competition and caught Zachary’s eye. He’d taken her under his wing ever since.

During those years, it was Zachary leading her through projects, from group gigs without any credit to solo designs where her name could shine. His mentorship paved the way for where she was today.

So, for her old college mentor, Sophia had nothing but respect, gratitude, and admiration.

When she nailed her grad school acceptance here, she’d buzzed Zachary with the good news first thing.

Life, work, and studies had gotten in the way, and while they hadn’t worked together in a while, they stayed in touch. But since she hadn’t managed to go back home, she hadn’t had the chance to visit him in person.

Now with Zachary swinging by for a conference, Sophia was both surprised and stoked.

She was down for the dinner date.

Zachary had set it up for the evening at a joint near the campus.

arrived, Zachary was already

guy was over sixty,

rep and clout, he still got the odd invite to lecture. Post-retirement, he’d shifted gears to focus on architectural

still had this refined and gentle vibe, always talking with a twinkle

with a smile upon seeing Zachary

to greet her.

her to her seat and letting her order from the menu, he turned to Sophia.

chuckled, shaking her head, “Just graduated, pretty chill for

your plan after graduation?”

Brandon asked, her dad asked, and now

sort out some stuff here then head back home to job hunt,” Sophia

up that gig at

Zachary a puzzled look.

mentioned it to me.”

by the same mentor, both Zachary’s protégés.

sure, talent and smarts matter, but so does finding your patron. Our job’s about pleasing aesthetics, but beauty’s in the eye of the beholder. Before you make a name for yourself, your masterpiece might be treasure in A’s eyes but trash to B. With your bold style, you’re gonna polarize – your fans will adore you, but the naysayers might not get it, you’ll be stuck in a bit of an on-off

clock. Between radical and safe, most would rather play it safe to secure their livelihood than take risks, unless you’re the big cheese with a vision. But

“I get it.”

job hunt’s ups and downs all too

the compromises in the work

to paper. Aligning

same wavelength, a project could suffer endless

that was just from the higher-ups.

you were back in endless revision loops, needing a boss who

guy named Don, Sophia hadn’t felt

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