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.

was already there,

guy was over sixty, a retiree

clout, he still got the odd invite to

he looked older than his years, with a head mostly silver, but he still had this refined and gentle vibe, always talking with a twinkle in his eye and a smile at the corner of his mouth, real grandfatherly.

smile upon

beamed, standing to greet her. “You made it.”

from the menu,

Sophia chuckled, shaking her head, “Just graduated, pretty

after

had heard this same tune before Brandon asked, her dad asked, and now Zachary

here then head

not thinking of taking up that gig at Star-Dempsey Architects?” Zachary

giving Zachary a

chuckled. “Ivan mentioned it

was sorta her senior by the same mentor,

biz, 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

punching the 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

nodded quietly. “I

knew the job hunt’s ups and downs

in the work

just about transferring thoughts to paper. Aligning with leadership’s

same wavelength, a project could suffer endless tweaks until it

just from the

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

named Don, Sophia hadn’t felt much of

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