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.

arrived, Zachary was already there,

over sixty, a

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

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 corner of his mouth,

smile upon seeing

greet her. “You

her seat and letting her order from the menu, he turned to Sophia. “Have

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

your plan after graduation?” Zachary probed.

asked, her dad asked, and now Zachary was

some stuff here then head back home to job hunt,” Sophia

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

Zachary a puzzled look.

“Ivan mentioned it to

sorta her senior by the same mentor,

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

companies and clients, we’re all just punching the clock. Between radical and safe, most would rather play it safe to secure their

“I get

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

compromises in the work

just about transferring thoughts to paper. Aligning

on the same wavelength, a project could suffer endless

just from the higher-ups.

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

named Don, Sophia hadn’t

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