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,

over sixty, a retiree

invite to lecture. Post-retirement, he’d shifted gears to focus on architectural research and boosting domestic

of hard yakka, 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

Sophia greeted with a smile upon seeing Zachary at the table.

to greet her.

her order from the menu, he turned to Sophia. “Have you been swamped with

shaking her head, “Just

after graduation?”

her

then head

up that gig at Star-Dempsey Architects?” Zachary threw out there.

froze, giving Zachary

chuckled. “Ivan mentioned it to

sorta her senior by the same mentor, both Zachary’s protégés.

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

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 in

quietly. “I

job hunt’s ups and downs all too well.

in

it was not just about transferring thoughts to

on the same wavelength, a project could

just from

who’s all over the place, you were back in endless

a guy named Don, Sophia hadn’t felt much

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