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

at the screen, a mixture of

her.

needed a

that? And why was the island

one way

dialed Chief Ramsey. He

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

need your help,” she said, then told

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

me and only me.

“Yes, Chief.”

for my message,” he said, then

phone chimed. She used the password

the Island Nova file.

in, she

by Tom

parents,” she muttered, her

Why would Silas’s parents pay to conceal their

answer: a compressed document

to

her

was it! The connection between the Stones and

Just get there. Demand

from the Bureau. Not even

“Yes.”

love you. See you soon,” Bailey said,

took three different buses,

in a small

case she was

in her room, she called Chief Ramsey and

said, anger filling his voice.

took them so long

hit her hard. “They were covering

“Sorry I kept you among

Just

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

Francisco.”

smile tugged at

call, Bailey got to work. She contacted her Colombian

collaborated through secure lines.

discovered Mateo Castro was growing drugs

island, paying the Stones five

the island. It

bet there

Chief Ramsey called again.

here. Send me

dozen agents. They turned

and strategized their

sounding suspicious as fuck,” Chief

Chief rarely cursed.

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

think so. I’ve reported to higher

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

exchanged looks with an agent, her stomach knotting. She couldn’t

worked with

by ship,”

Chief Ramsey agreed with a nod. “They would spot us

already 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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