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 trail to

stared at the screen, a mixture of

her.

existed. But she needed a password

that? And why was

way to find

picked up her phone and dialed

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

said, then told

strange,” Chief Ramsey said. “I’ll send

me and

“Yes, Chief.”

he

She used the password and

the Island Nova file.

lines in,

Nova was owned by Tom

she muttered, her

then was this hidden? Why would Silas’s

a compressed

to Mateo

to her

it! The connection between the Stones

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

anybody from the Bureau. Not even

“Yes.”

love you. See you soon,”

bag and took

in a small

case she was

in her room, she called

Jones,” he said, anger filling

took them so long to

hard. “They were covering

I kept you among

okay, boss. Just doing my

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

Francisco.”

smile tugged at her

got to work. She contacted her

collaborated through secure lines.

Mateo Castro was

the Stones five

the island. It was small,

by dense trees. She could bet there was danger lurking

Chief Ramsey called again.

here. Send me

with a dozen agents. They turned the room into

and strategized

suspicious as fuck,” Chief Ramsey

Chief rarely cursed. “He

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

to higher authorities.

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

agent, her stomach knotting. She

had worked

go in by

with a nod. “They would

Besides, those rats likely already informed

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

swallowed. “Are you

“Hundred percent.”

toys meant big guns.

Sh