While Alex was having dinner with Jasmine, and slowly raising her affection towards him via a rather bombastic display of brutal honesty, Ali was plotting against him. By now the Prince of Omar had leaned that his bride to be Aisha had fled to America, and into the arms of another man.
And though the Saudi King had dispatched agents to secure her person, and drag her back to Saudi Arabia, as well as to execute Alex for his shameful actions. Alex and Aisha were able to escape to god knows where before he could do so.
This put the Kingdom of Suadi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman in a very difficult position. After all, their alliance hinged on the fact that Aisha would marry Ali. But it was clear by now that even if Aisha could be recovered, her chastity would have been stained by this American playboy. And because of this, whatever agreement had been made between the two wealthy Arab Oil States had come to a sudden end.