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

mixture of excitement and curiosity swirling

her.

existed. But she needed

would do that? And

one way

up her phone and dialed Chief Ramsey.

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

help,” she said, then told him

“I’ll send you my password. Anything

me

“Yes, Chief.”

my message,” he said,

phone chimed. She used the password and

the Island Nova file.

in,

by Tom

parents,” she muttered,

this hidden? Why would Silas’s parents pay to

answer: a compressed document revealing the

to Mateo

jumped to her

The connection between the Stones and

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

the Bureau. Not even Quinn. Get

“Yes.”

love you. See you soon,” Bailey said,

clutched her bag and took three different buses, switching

in a

in case she

in her room, she called Chief Ramsey and

anger filling his

took them so long to

hard.

Ramsey sighed. “Sorry I kept you

Just

me everything you have on the island.

Francisco.”

tugged at her lips.

got to work. She contacted her

collaborated through secure lines.

later, they discovered Mateo Castro was growing drugs on

the Stones five million dollars

satellite image of the island. It was small, shaped like

could bet there

Chief Ramsey called again.

me your

he arrived with a dozen agents. They turned the

office and strategized their

suspicious as

The Chief rarely cursed.

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

reported to higher

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

looks with an agent, her

worked with

by

a nod. “They would

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

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

meant big

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