The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

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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.

Zachary was already there, waiting.

over sixty, a retiree from academia.

got the odd invite to lecture. Post-retirement, he’d shifted gears to focus on architectural

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

Sophia greeted with a smile upon seeing Zachary

beamed, standing to greet her. “You made

seat and letting her order from the menu, he turned to

her head, “Just graduated, pretty chill for now.”

your plan after

tune before Brandon asked, her dad asked, and now Zachary was

here then head back home to job

of taking up that gig

Zachary a puzzled

mentioned it to me.”

the same mentor, both Zachary’s protégés.

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

rather play it safe to secure their livelihood than take risks, unless you’re the big cheese with a

nodded quietly. “I get it.”

knew the job hunt’s ups and downs all

the compromises in

thoughts to paper. Aligning with leadership’s style and vision was key.

project

was just

all over the place, you were back in endless revision loops, needing a boss who can wrangle

a guy named Don, Sophia hadn’t

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