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.

guy was over sixty, a retiree from

invite to lecture. Post-retirement, he’d shifted

but he still had this refined and gentle vibe, always talking with a twinkle in his eye and a smile at

upon

greet her. “You made

and letting her order from the menu,

shaking her head, “Just graduated, pretty

after graduation?”

her dad asked, and now Zachary was the

sort out some stuff here then head back home to job hunt,” Sophia shared.

not thinking of taking up that gig at

giving Zachary a

mentioned it to

sorta her senior by the same

beauty’s in the eye of the beholder. Before you make a name for yourself, your masterpiece

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 today’s

nodded quietly. “I get

some green newbie; she knew the job hunt’s ups and downs all too

the compromises in

to paper.

project could

just from the higher-ups.

were back in endless revision loops, needing a boss who

Don, Sophia

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