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 there, waiting.

guy was over sixty, a retiree from academia.

hefty academic rep and clout, he still got the odd invite to lecture. Post-retirement, he’d

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

greeted with a smile upon

standing to greet her. “You made

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

“Just graduated, pretty chill for now.”

plan after

heard this same tune before Brandon asked, her

head back home to job hunt,”

gig at Star-Dempsey Architects?” Zachary threw

giving Zachary a

“Ivan mentioned it to

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

isn’t a cakewalk. Especially since that Zenithan-style resort proposal you cooked up got the green light,” Zachary advised with a hint of concern, “In our design 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 – your fans

their livelihood than take

“I

green newbie; she knew the job hunt’s

compromises in

architecture, it was not just about transferring thoughts to

project could suffer endless tweaks until

just from the higher-ups.

all over the place, you were back in endless revision loops,

guy named Don, Sophia hadn’t felt much of this

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