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.

only followed the

stared at the screen, a mixture

her.

she needed

do that? And why was

one way to

dialed Chief Ramsey. He answered

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

said,

Ramsey said. “I’ll send you

me

“Yes, Chief.”

my message,” he said,

Bailey’s phone chimed. She used

the Island Nova file.

lines in, she

was owned by Tom and

muttered, her skin

Why would Silas’s parents pay to

found the answer: a

to Mateo

jumped to her feet,

between the Stones and Mateo Castro. She

can. Just get there. Demand

the Bureau. Not even Quinn. Get

“Yes.”

you. See you soon,” Bailey said,

clutched her bag and took three different buses,

in a

case she

room, she called Chief Ramsey

Jones,” he said, anger filling his voice. “I always wondered

them so long to

hit her hard. “They

Ramsey sighed. “Sorry I kept

Just doing

act. Send me everything you have on the island. I’m on my way to

Francisco.”

at her

Bailey got to work.

collaborated through secure lines.

discovered Mateo Castro was growing drugs on

the Stones

image of the island. It

by dense trees. She could bet there was

Chief Ramsey called again.

me your

a dozen agents. They turned

and

me, sounding suspicious

The Chief rarely

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

I’ve reported to higher authorities. The entire

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

an agent, her stomach

had worked

in by

agreed with a nod. “They would spot

Besides, those rats likely already informed them we’re coming. Time to

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

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