A marriage deal with billionaire stone (Ivy and Silas)

Chapter 215

When Bailey got the message about Island Nova, she ignored it. Anger still

simmered inside her at the Stones.

Quinn had a surveillance team watching Night Bird until Mateo Castro was found,

but so far, nothing useful had been reported.

Bailey fiddled with her pen, annoyance boiling in her chest. She had canceled

dinner with Aaliyah’s parents for nothing. Even though they had rescheduled, it

still stung to have made the effort for no result.

“Hey, Jones.”

She looked up and saw Quinn at the door. He walked to her table and dropped a

large stack of files.

“I think we should go through all these again,” he said, gesturing to the pile.

Bailey rolled her eyes. “We’ve done that a million times.”

“And we’ve gotten nowhere,” Quinn replied. “We can’t trust the tip that led us to

Night Bird in the first place, and the surveillance teams haven’t shared any good

news for hours. So, we’re stuck with this.”

She sucked her teeth and pulled the stack closer.

“Unless you don’t want to return to Columbia early,” he added.

She shot him a look. Of course she didn’t want to go back yet, not because of

Mateo Castro, but because of Aaliyah and her mother.

Quinn understood the look and laughed. “The faster you finish, the more time you

spend with her.”

“As you say boss,” she teased.

He laughed again. “See you later, Jones.”

When he left, Bailey opened one of the files. Nothing looked different, and it made

her tired already.

She flipped the page. Her weariness deepened, and she tried to shake it off. As

she turned another page, b

mind drifted to Silas’s message.

Giving in, she picked up her phone. She searched the name on the internet but

found nothing.

“That’s weird,” she muttered, leaning forward.

Still, she was intrigued.

She dropped her phone and opened her laptop. Logging into her Bureau account,

she accessed the World Wide Finder.

If Island Nova existed but was hidden, the World Wide Finder would detect it. As

she typed, she hadn’t expected it to pop up—or worse, require a higher-level

password to view it.

followed the trail to prove

the screen, a mixture of excitement and curiosity swirling

her.

But she needed a password to

And why

one way to find

dialed Chief Ramsey.

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

Chief. I need your help,” she said, then told him what

Ramsey said. “I’ll send

me and only

“Yes, Chief.”

my message,” he said, then ended the

phone chimed. She used the password and

the Island Nova file.

in,

by Tom and Celia

muttered, her

Why would Silas’s parents pay

she found the answer: a

to

jumped to her feet,

it! The connection between the Stones and

can. Just get there. Demand extra security and don’t talk

the Bureau.

“Yes.”

you. See you soon,” Bailey said, ending

clutched her bag and took three different buses, switching routes

a

case she

she called Chief

were rats, Jones,” he said, anger filling his voice. “I

them so long

hard. “They were

“Sorry I kept you

okay, boss. Just

everything you have on

Francisco.”

at her lips. “Yes,

work. She contacted her Colombian

collaborated through secure lines.

discovered Mateo Castro was growing drugs on

paying the Stones

the island.

bet there was danger lurking

Chief Ramsey called again.

me

a dozen agents. They

office and strategized

called me, sounding suspicious as

Chief rarely

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

think so. I’ve reported to higher authorities. The entire

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

looks with an agent,

worked with

by ship,”

idea,” Chief Ramsey agreed with a nod.

informed them we’re coming. Time to

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

swallowed. “Are you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

meant

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