Dries du Vaal wasn't overjoyed at her message

Bryony had come in person to tell him that his niece Clare - who should have been at her Swiss finishing school - had joined Bryony's brother Daniel on a trip to the Far East.

She hadn't anticipated Dries's angry reaction - nor that within a few hours they'd be jetting off to Bangkok. But Bryony told herself she had to prevent this blond giant from eating her brother for breakfast.

Of course, considering that she and Dries weren't ideally suited as traveling companions...perhaps he'd end up wringing her neck instead!