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

was over sixty, a retiree from academia.

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

from years 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 eye and a smile at the

with a smile upon

to greet her. “You made

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

chuckled, shaking her head, “Just graduated,

plan after graduation?” Zachary

tune before Brandon asked, her dad asked, and now Zachary was the third.

stuff here then head back

taking up that gig at Star-Dempsey Architects?”

froze, giving Zachary

“Ivan mentioned it to me.”

the same mentor, both Zachary’s protégés.

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

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

quietly. “I

knew the job

in the

to

a project could suffer

that was just

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

Don, Sophia

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