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.

had only followed the trail to prove Silas

a mixture of excitement and curiosity swirling

her.

she needed a password to access more

would do that? And why

way to find

her phone and dialed

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

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

“I’ll send you my

me and only me.

“Yes, Chief.”

out for my message,” he said, then ended

Bailey’s phone chimed. She

the Island Nova file.

lines in, she

was owned by Tom

parents,” she muttered, her

this hidden? Why would Silas’s

found the answer: a compressed

sold to

jumped to her

The connection between the

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

Bureau.

“Yes.”

you. See you soon,” Bailey

took three different buses, switching routes

a small

in case

she called Chief Ramsey and

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

took them so long to

realization hit her hard. “They were covering for

sighed. “Sorry I kept you among

okay, boss. Just

me everything you have on the island. I’m

Francisco.”

tugged at her

work. She contacted her Colombian partner

collaborated through secure lines.

Mateo Castro was growing

Stones five

island. It was small, shaped like a star,

She could bet there was

Chief Ramsey called again.

Send me your hotel

a dozen

and strategized

suspicious as fuck,” Chief

Chief rarely cursed. “He knows you’re

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

higher authorities. The entire branch is

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

agent, her

had worked with corrupt

go in by ship,” one agent

with a nod. “They would spot

likely already informed them we’re

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

swallowed. “Are you sure

“Hundred percent.”

toys meant big guns.

Sh