The Second Choice

Desmond closed his eyes. “This is the one thing I regret most in my life.”

“Regardless of any regrets, she was always your choice, Desmond. Let me give you an inappropriate example. Say we were at a holiday resort, both she and I were on the verge of falling off a cliff, and you could only save one of us. The other would inevitably meet a tragic end. Who would you rescue?”

“Coralie, such compariso