Now, it made sense why Bennett had said that she couldn't afford to offend the guests tonight.

Bennett appeared to value Fraser greatly. Upon Fraser's arrival, Bennett personally greeted him. Although their initial conversation made it seem like they were close friends, they quickly shifted to more meaningful topics.

Despite not comprehending their conversation, Ariana had an intuition that they were covertly exchanging information with each other.

She hoped to eavesdrop on their conversation for any useful information, but she was surprised when more political figures from Conata joined Fraser, and everyone seemed familiar with Bennett, conversing with profound implications as if they shared a long history of acquaintance.

The evident collusion between officials and businessmen was clearly indicative of corruption.