Destined to Meet Again

After delivering the last takeout order of the night, I slumped against a wall and scrolled through my phone. A trending thread caught my eye.

*"Confess a secret you'll take to the grave."*

The comment section was a cesspool of gossip—stories about playboys juggling multiple women or confessions of near-manslaughter. But then, a familiar profile picture stopped my thumb dead.

He wrote: *"I won a family, friendship, and love with a single, well-intentioned lie."*

*"He was the senior mentor who brought me into the field. During a polar expedition, we were trapped in a white hell.