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

a mixture

her.

But she needed a password to access more

do that? And why was the island

way to find

dialed Chief Ramsey. He

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. Anything

me and only

“Yes, Chief.”

message,” he said, then

phone chimed. She used

the Island Nova file.

in,

was owned by Tom and Celia

she muttered, her

Why would Silas’s parents pay to conceal

she found the answer: a compressed document

to Mateo

her

connection between the

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

anybody from the Bureau. Not even

“Yes.”

soon,” Bailey said, ending the

bag and took three different buses, switching

in a

in case she

in her room, she called Chief Ramsey and explained

were rats, Jones,” he said, anger filling his

took them so long to

realization hit her hard. “They were covering for

“Sorry I kept you

okay, boss. Just doing my

have on the island. I’m on

Francisco.”

tugged at

the call, Bailey got to work. She contacted her

collaborated through secure lines.

discovered Mateo Castro

the Stones

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

by dense trees. She could bet there was

Chief Ramsey called again.

me

dozen agents. They turned the room

and strategized their

suspicious as

furrowed. The Chief rarely cursed. “He knows

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

think so. I’ve reported to higher authorities. The entire branch is

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

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

worked with corrupt

by ship,”

a

those rats likely already informed them we’re coming.

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

meant big

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