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

screen, a mixture of

her.

Nova existed. But she needed a

And

way to find

her phone and dialed

voice hoarse.

“Jones. How is it?”

help,” she said, then told him

strange,” Chief Ramsey said. “I’ll send

report to me

“Yes, Chief.”

my message,” he said, then ended the

phone chimed. She used the

the Island Nova file.

in, she

Nova was owned by Tom and Celia

parents,” she muttered, her skin

was this hidden? Why would Silas’s parents

a

to

jumped to her feet,

The connection between the Stones and

Demand extra

Bureau. Not even Quinn. Get

“Yes.”

you. See you soon,” Bailey said,

took three different buses,

in a

case she

in her room, she called

anger filling his voice.

took them so long to find

hit her hard.

Ramsey sighed. “Sorry I kept

Just

on the island. I’m

Francisco.”

tugged at her lips. “Yes,

the call, Bailey got to work. She contacted

collaborated through secure lines.

later, they discovered Mateo Castro was growing drugs on

island, paying the Stones

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

by dense trees. She could bet there

Chief Ramsey called again.

me

he arrived with a dozen agents.

and strategized

called me, sounding suspicious

furrowed. The Chief rarely cursed. “He knows

Moore was Quinn’s superior.

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

investigated. Corrupt rats.”

looks with an agent, her stomach

had worked

in by

Ramsey agreed with a nod.

rats likely already informed them we’re coming.

out the big toys.”

Gasps filled the room.

“Are you sure …

“Hundred percent.”

toys meant big guns.

Sh