Xavier's eyes dropped to the document in Julian's hand: Ashford Alley Urban Renewal Project Proposal, with Julian listed as project lead and Wendy as chief architect.
"I already bought the land," Julian said, taking the proposal back from him. "Wendy designed the redevelopment plan herself. She's going to transform the place where she once suffered so much humiliation into the most beautiful district in this city."
Xavier stared at Wendy in disbelief, his lips trembling. "You're an architect now?"
"I graduated from the School of Architecture at V University," Wendy replied calmly. "Top of my class."
The answer struck him like a slap.
She had once been the top student in the city, accepted into one of the nation's most prestigious universities, and he had been the one who coaxed her in
