"Merry fucking Christmas to me," Pierce mumbled before taking a swig from his tumbler. Pierce sat in front of his fireplace and wondered how he had gotten here. Pierce thought with Stella out of his life that all the worries and pain would follow out the door with her. Instead, Pierce swapped one heartbreak for another in such a small window of time.

All Pierce wanted was a second chance to be happy again, and he thought he could have that with Arianna. An obsession quickly grew where Pierce fought to have everything he could possibly get his hands on before his clock ran out. Every day Pierce opened his...