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 Silas

at the screen, a mixture of excitement and

her.

But she needed a password to access

that? And why was the island

one way

her phone and dialed Chief Ramsey.

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

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

Chief Ramsey said. “I’ll send you my password.

report to me and only

“Yes, Chief.”

my message,” he said, then

She

the Island Nova file.

lines in, she

was owned by

muttered, her

this hidden? Why would

found the answer: a

to

her feet, her stomach

between the

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

from the Bureau. Not even Quinn.

“Yes.”

you soon,” Bailey said,

and took three different buses, switching routes

in a small

in case she was

her room, she called Chief Ramsey and

said, anger filling his voice. “I always wondered

them so long to find

hard. “They were

sighed. “Sorry I kept you among

boss. Just

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

Francisco.”

at her lips. “Yes,

work. She contacted

collaborated through secure lines.

Mateo Castro was growing

Stones

a satellite image of the island.

trees. She could bet there was

Chief Ramsey called again.

me

with a dozen agents.

office and strategized their

me, sounding suspicious

furrowed. The Chief rarely cursed.

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

reported to higher authorities. The

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

with an agent, her stomach knotting.

worked with

in by

Ramsey agreed with a nod. “They would spot

rats likely already informed

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

swallowed. “Are you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

meant big

Sh