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.

the trail to prove

mixture of excitement and curiosity

her.

Nova existed. But she needed a password to access

And why was the

one way

phone and dialed Chief Ramsey. He answered

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

said, then told

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

report to me and only me.

“Yes, Chief.”

for my message,” he said,

instantly, Bailey’s phone chimed. She used the password and

the Island Nova file.

lines in, she

owned by Tom

muttered,

this hidden? Why would Silas’s parents pay

a compressed document revealing the

sold to Mateo

her

was it! The connection between the Stones and Mateo

there. Demand extra

from the Bureau. Not even Quinn. Get

“Yes.”

you soon,” Bailey said, ending

took

in a

in case she was

called

said, anger filling his voice. “I always wondered

them so long to

hit her hard. “They were covering

sighed. “Sorry I kept

boss. Just doing

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

Francisco.”

tugged at her lips. “Yes,

the call, Bailey got to work. She contacted her

collaborated through secure lines.

later, they discovered Mateo Castro was growing

the Stones

satellite image of the island. It

She could bet there was

Chief Ramsey called again.

Send me your

he arrived with a dozen agents. They

and strategized

me, sounding suspicious as fuck,”

The Chief rarely

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

so. I’ve reported to higher authorities. The entire

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

exchanged looks with an agent, her stomach knotting.

worked with

by ship,” one agent

Ramsey agreed with a nod.

Besides, those rats likely already informed them we’re

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

meant

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