Husband For Hire
Benson Taylor lives a life built on precision, secrecy, and control. A former military sniper turned highly sought-after hitman, he operates in the shadows of New York City, leaving no witnesses, no evidence - and no room in his life for love.
Andie is everything Benson is not. Warm, hopeful, and full of life, she spends most of her days running a small Williamsburg juice bar and dreaming of the one thing she doesn't yet have; someone to share her life with.
When a chance encounter brings them together, the connection is instant... and impossible to ignore.
But Benson carries a dangerous secret. The man Andie can't stop thinking about is the very man responsible for the murder that happened just outside her shop. A man who kills for a living.
As their worlds collide and feels grow stronger, Benson faces a choice he never expected to make: continue the life he's always known... or risk everything for the woman who could change it all.
Because love might be the one job he can't walk away from. And when the truth finally comes out, Andie will have to decide if the man she's falling for is worth the danger that follows him.
Baca
Chapter: EndCopyright © 2026 Wanda Diehl Husband For Hire Also available by Wanda Diehl: Aria (Aria Series, Book 1) Aria Til Death (Aria Series, Book 2) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review. Some characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Editing by Wanda Diehl. Book Design & Cover Design by Wanda Diehl. Printed and bound in the United States of America. First printing March 2026. Published by Wanda Diehl Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 Visit www.wanda-d.com
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-01
Chapter: Chapter EightAndieLast night was amazing. I became a bride-to-be, I had an amazing dinner with my love and an even more amazing time in bed. There’s some things I might be willing to look past with Benson to be able to enjoy the good things about him. He didn’t leave last night, believe me I know, we were up most of the night.I feel like Benson coming into my life was the best thing to happen to me since I opened my juice shop. Benson told me this morning he had another surprise for me today. Well, actually a few surprises for me and I don’t have any clue what to expect. The juice shop is closed today for the loss of Emily’s brother, loss of a family member. The community doesn’t really find it a mourning reason because of how bad he was, but it was my best friend’s brother, so yes we closed shop today.As we were walking down the street, I felt my hand with extra weight on it. Oh boy, is this too much? I cannot wait to find out what Benson has in store for today. “Where are we going
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-03-19
Chapter: Chapter SevenAndieEmily wanted to be alone tonight so I’m sitting here on my couch watching the late news. I didn’t see Benson tonight and I’m okay with that after what went down with Emily today. As I sat here sipping my wine, a piece came on the news that is very intriguing.“Tonight’s murder was caught on camera by a local restaurant and we are asking the community for tips.” I sat there watching the video, confused. This looks so much like Benson. Benson has such a generic-hot-guy look though so, is it? It could be any hot dark haired man. There’s no defining feature of this man that one hundred percent leads me to think that it’s for sure Benson.I got a text from Benson as the news went off the air. “How are you doing my lady? Want to come over?”Do I? Should I? “Come here instead?” I replied.“I’ll be there in a few.” Benson replied. “That was amazing!” Benson said as we laid breathless in bed. “You’re amazing!” Benson leaned up and looked down into my eyes. “This might
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-03-19
Chapter: Chapter SixAndieMy friend, Emily, is working with me today. I can actually talk to someone while working and not stand here all day alone.“So how was he?” Emily asked me, regarding Benson.I looked at her, not sure if I even want to say, or say everything. “Amazing. However, I woke up at one point and he was gone.”Emily replied to me, looking intrigued, “gone? Like gone from your apartment?”“We were at his place, which made it even more weird.” I stood there prepping fruit while I talked to her.“Wait, you were at his place and he left?” Emily, the interrogator, continued.“Yes, I didn’t get a chance to ask him where he went but I’m assuming it was important to just leave me.” I replied. I continued to cut up fruit. “This morning was amazing too.”“I’m sure it was, must be why you were late getting here,” Emily said. Thankfully she was opening with me today and was here on time.Emily got a notification on her phone and of course, being the girl that she is, had to check it. “Wo
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-03-19
Chapter: Chapter FiveBensonI begin to place my rifle back into my bag and clean up from my recent unaliving to head back home. Thankfully I’m only a street down, on the rooftop of one of the apartments down from mine. It’s done. The job I had to do tonight, I found my out as Andie slept soundly in my bed. I pray she doesn’t wake up until I get back.I head down the street, through all of the chaos. The local bar began emptying out as the lifeless body lay on the road. As I approach my apartment building, I begin to hear sirens. I open up my apartment door and quietly place my rifle in the closet. Taking off my shoes and quietly heading back to the bedroom.Andie is still sleeping. I take off my clothes and climb back into bed with her. Her naked body was still where I left it. Satisfied and sleeping. As I lay there staring at the ceiling, thinking of how satisfied I am for completing yet another unaliving. As long as Andie doesn’t find out, I feel things are going well.As I awake in the mor
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-03-19
Chapter: Chapter FourBensonI brought the Thai delivery back into the apartment and sat it on the coffee table next to our drinks. Andie is still sitting on the couch where I left her, like a good girl.“That was quick,” she said to me, “I hope you don’t do everything that quick.”I have to do everything I can to hold back from showing her just how slow I can take some things. “Not everything.” I glance at her and winkI open up all of the to-go boxes and we sit down and have a nice meal and continue to talk about everything and of course be a little flirtatious, meaningly or not.“Would you like to watch a movie?” I ask Andie, unsure what she would like to do.“Sure. Nothing scary or gore.” She replied.“Comedy? Romance? Something like that?” I asked her.“Absolutely wonderful, yes.” She replied as she took a bite of her food. “Oh amazing. This is wonderful.”I glance over at her as I’m flipping through the streaming app on the television. “You like?” “Oh, yes. This tastes amazing.” She
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-03-19
Aria (The Complete Aria Series)
ARIA - At thirty-six, the Grammy-winning songwriter lives in a world of glittering lights and soaring applause, yet behind every love song she writes is a truth she keeps hidden: she’s never found a love strong enough to stay.
When two powerful forces enter her life—one a steady and familiar presence, the other a magnetic, unpredictable spark—Aria is thrust into an emotional whirlwind that threatens to shatter the careful world she’s built. Passions ignite, loyalties fracture, and long-buried truths claw their way to the surface.
As her career reaches new heights, Aria’s personal life spirals into a dangerous collision of desire, heartbreak, and revelation.
Caught between the man who grounds her and the man who sets her soul on fire, Aria must make a choice that could cost her everything—even herself.
ARIA TIL DEATH explores the boundaries of love, loss and moving on. Aria never expected her life to split in two—the before and the after. Losing the man she loved destroys her sense of safety, silences her music, and leaves her drowning in memories she can’t bear to revisit. But fate steps in the day she crosses paths with a quiet, grounding stranger whose presence feels like a lifeline.
Their connection is instant. Healing, even. And when Aria is offered the chance to start over in a new city, he’s the one who encourages her to take it—promising to stand by her side as she rebuilds her life. Together, they leave the past behind… or so they think.
As Aria settles into her new home with the man who’s become her unexpected source of strength, unsettling things begin to happen.
Aria Til Death is a gripping journey of heartbreak, rebirth, and the dangerous lengths someone will go to when love turns into obsession.
Baca
Chapter: End of Miss Me, Aria?Copyright © 2026 Wanda Diehl Miss Me, Aria? (Aria Series, Book 3) Also available: Aria (Aria Series, Book 1) Aria Til Death (Aria Series, Book 2) Husband For Hire All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review. Some characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. Editing by Wanda Diehl. Book Design & Cover Design by Wanda Diehl. Printed and bound in the United States of America. First printing April 2026. Published by Wanda Diehl Altoona, Pennsylvania 16602 Visit www.wanda-d.com
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 59: Chapter 21: Salt, Skin, and SilenceThe moment we stepped out of the airport, the air changed everything. Warm. Heavy. Soft with salt and sunlight. The Bahamas didn’t feel like a destination. It felt like a pause in time. For the first time in months, there were no cameras. No headlines. No voices calling our names like demands. Just the ocean. Just wind. Just us.I stood barefoot on the balcony of the private villa that overlooked the water, my hair loose now, no makeup, no armor—just me.Antonio came up behind me quietly, like he always did when he didn’t want to disturb a moment, only enter it. “You’ve been staring at the ocean for ten minutes,” he said softly.I smiled without turning. “I think I forgot it looked like this,” I admitted. “Like it doesn’t belong to anyone.”Antonio stepped closer. “It doesn’t,” he said. “It just exists.”. A pause. “Like us right now.”That made me turn slightly toward him. The distance between us was small. But it felt like everything else in the world had fallen away to
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 58: Chapter 20:
Where The Ocean RemembersThe house was too quiet in a different way than usual. Not the kind of quiet that came from peace—but the kind that came from absence.I stood in the nursery doorway for a long moment, watching Arias sleep. His chest rose and fell in a rhythm that still felt like something I had to memorize every time I looked away. Antonio stood beside me, one hand resting lightly at my lower back. Neither of us spoke at first. Because this was the first time. The first time we were leaving him for more than a few hours.Chad and Joe were downstairs already, the kind of calm presence that made the decision possible. They had insisted more than once that they could handle it—warm, steady reassurance wrapped in practical experience.Still, my hesitation lingered. “I feel like he’s going to wake up and realize we’re gone,” I whispered.Antonio’s voice was soft. “He won’t be alone,” he reminded her. “He’ll be safe.”I nodded, but didn’t move. Antonio stepped slightly closer. “You don’t have to b
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 57: Chapter 19: Back In The LightSeveral months passed before the world saw us again. Not through windows. Not through headlines. Not through speculation.In person.On a red carpet that shimmered under thousands of lights, where cameras no longer felt like an invasion—but like an audience holding its breath.The night of the Grammy Awards had always belonged to spectacle. But tonight, it belonged to me. And Antonio.I stood at the edge of the carpet for a brief moment, my hand resting lightly in Antonio’s. The gown I wore was his design.Not just designed—created for me. Every line of it was intentional, sculpted like it understood me before I spoke a word. It moved like water under the lights, soft but powerful, delicate but unshakably certain.Antonio glanced at me once. “You ready?” he asked quietly.I exhaled. “I think I’ve been ready for months,” I said. Then, softer, “I just didn’t know if the world was.”Antonio squeezed my hand. “Let them catch up,” he said. And together, we stepped forward.The c
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 56: Chapter 18: The World Remembers His NameIt started with a headline. Then another. Then a flood.I saw it first on my phone before I even understood what I was looking at. “Fashion Designer Antonio Anderson Alive? Industry Shock After Year of Silence.”I blinked once. Then again. My thumb froze above the screen. Because it didn’t feel real at first. It felt like something old resurfacing—something buried that should have stayed buried.But then I opened it. And there it was. Photos. Speculation. Fragments of truth twisted into something loud enough to trend.“Antonio Anderson not dead?” “Out of hiding after a year of disappearance?” “Alive and well—where has he been?” “What does this mean for Aria Durham?”My stomach tightened at the last one. My name attached to his like a question mark that didn’t belong to me. I sat down slowly at the edge of the couch, the phone still glowing in my hand.Arias made a small sound over the monitor. But I haven't moved yet. Because my mind had already left the room.Antonio
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-06
Chapter: Chapter 55: Chapter 17:
The Spark ReturnsThe studio smelled like dust, old coffee, and memories I hadn’t visited in six months. I stood in the doorway for a moment without stepping inside. It felt familiar. And unfamiliar at the same time. Like walking back into a version of myself I wasn’t sure I still fit into. Behind me, Antonio didn’t rush me.He just stood there—quiet support, steady presence, no pressure in his silence. “You don’t have to do anything today,” he said softly.I glanced back at him. “I know,” I said. Then I stepped inside.The studio lights flickered on one by one as I moved through the space. The piano sat in the corner, unchanged. The microphone stood waiting, as if time hadn’t passed at all. But I had. I stood there scanning the room. Six months. Six months of silence where music used to live in my bones. I walked toward the piano first, fingers hovering just above the keys without pressing them yet. “I used to come in here and just… lose myself,” I said quietly.Antonio leaned against
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-04-06
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