Noah's POV
I should have ignored the boy. I should have walked past Jake the moment he opened his mouth, but when he said Elena had drawn his entire set of architectural drafts, something in me paused.
A month ago, I'd reviewed Jake's graduation project.
I'd even praised him for it and thought he shouldn't be chained to the family business and those dirty work in the gang.
The lines of that project were clean, the proportions balanced, and parts of the architecture also incorporate jewelry designs, which was exactly my style.
It had a subtle organic flow, the kind that only came from someone who actually understood form and detail. Someone with talent.
And because of this project, I even accepted an invitation from Jack's principal, Andrew, to attend the graduation ceremony.
I had
