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.

Sophia arrived, Zachary was already there, waiting.

sixty, a

he still got the odd invite to lecture. Post-retirement,

hard yakka, he looked older than his years, with a head mostly silver, but he still had this refined and gentle

a smile upon seeing Zachary at the table.

standing to greet her. “You made

the menu, he turned to Sophia. “Have

shaking her head, “Just graduated, pretty chill

plan after graduation?” Zachary probed.

asked, her dad asked, and now

here then head back home to job hunt,” Sophia

thinking of taking up that gig at Star-Dempsey Architects?” Zachary

froze, giving Zachary

chuckled. “Ivan mentioned

by the

but beauty’s in the eye of the beholder. Before you make

just 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

nodded quietly. “I get it.”

the job hunt’s ups and

the compromises in the work process.

not just about transferring thoughts to paper. Aligning with leadership’s style

a mentor on the same wavelength, a project could suffer endless tweaks

was just

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

to a guy named Don, Sophia hadn’t felt much of this pressure.

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