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.

was already

over sixty, a

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

refined

smile upon seeing Zachary at the

to greet

her to her seat and letting her order from the menu, he turned to Sophia. “Have you been swamped with work lately?”

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

plan after

heard this same tune before Brandon asked, her

sort out some stuff here then head back home to job

gig at Star-Dempsey Architects?” Zachary threw out

giving Zachary a puzzled look.

“Ivan mentioned it to me.”

was sorta her senior by the

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 will adore you, but

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

“I get

job hunt’s ups and downs all

the compromises in the work

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

same wavelength, a project could suffer endless tweaks until it was unrecognizable.

just from the

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

Don, Sophia hadn’t felt much of

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