The Lovely Stranger

Chapter 20 - Sagapo

Zack's POV

I stroked Lisa's hair as she slept in my arms.

She blinked and opened her eyes. Our eyes met. She smiled at me. I smiled back.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, gynaika mou." I kissed her.

"How do you say good morning in Greek?" she asked.

Suddenly, I thought of something. Sagapo means "I love you" in Greek.

"Sagapo," I said.

"Sagapo," she repeated. I nodded as I smirked.

Lisa's POV

Later, Zack went to his room. I went to the bathroom and got ready.

Once I finished getting ready, I decided to go downstairs and meet everyone. When I reached the last step of the stairs, I noticed that Marina and Zack were sitting in the living room.

"Sagapo, Marina," I said.

Zack pressed his lips together, holding in a laugh.

I didn't get why.

Marina smiled at me and said, "I love you, too."

"What?" I asked, confused.

"What do you think 'Sagapo' means?" she asked.

"Good morning," I responded.

"No!" she said as she smiled at me. "It means, I love you."

I looked at Zack. He was smirking at me now. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Umm...I thought it meant Good morning," I muttered. "My friend found it on the Internet; she must have found fake information."

After breakfast, I went to Zack's room. He was buttoning his shirt. When he saw me, he smirked at me. I folded my arms over my chest.

"How pathetic! The gorgeous Zacharias Petropoulos lied to a woman for telling him she loves him."

"Baby, I only helped you express your true feelings." He winked at me with an arrogant smirk on his face. I narrowed my eyes.

He walked closer to me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him.

"Did I say before you are so beautiful when you are angry?" he asked, smirking.

I turned my head without saying anything. He smirked.

"Do you know, I know how to make you talk just like I know how to make you shut your mouth?" He looked at me with lustful eyes, biting his lower lip.

I looked into his eyes. The room was getting hot. But not this time, Mr. Arrogant.

"Not this time." I winked and walked out.

I went to my room. As I entered my room, my phone rang. It was Stefano. I picked up the phone.

Stefano wanted to speak to me urgently. I accepted.

I grabbed my bag and left.

Yannis walked towards me. He told me that Zack had ordered him not to let me go anywhere without any security guards. I said I didn't need any security guards, but he insisted.

We got in the car and left.

When I walked into the cafe, Stefano was waiting for me, drinking his coffee. After greeting each other, we sat down. I ordered a cup of tea. He looked at me nervously.

"In New York when we went to the restaurant I wanted to tell you something important... But now everything has changed. And..."

"Stefano, there I wanted to tell you something too. I can not marry you."

He looked at me, surprised.

"I'm sorry," I said. "You're a good person, but I can't marry you."

He smiled at me.

What!

"I'm relieved," he said with a sigh. "I was thinking of how to tell you the same thing. I don't want to marry you either."

I was surprised and relieved as well.

"I wanted to tell you this for a while now. But now I need your help. If you accept, I will be eternally grateful to you."

"Yes, if I can."

"You know about the arson."

"Yes."

"We found who did it. It was Mary, my ex-girlfriend."

"What?"

"Yes and she's not going to stop. She has continued to threaten us."

"Why?"

"She has some mental problems. Her family doesn't know where she is either. I need your help. I have a plan in my mind. If we get engaged, she will come or do something that we can catch her."

I was shocked.

"I know it's too much to handle, but I need to catch her. Not only for myself but for my family, and for you as well."

"For me?" I questioned.

"Yes, she threatened Zack with you. I don't understand why Zack and not me?"

I was shocked. The wave of nausea flooded over me. Fortunately, it passed quickly.

That's the reason Zack ordered Yannis not to let me go alone.

"Ok," I murmured.

I needed to help them. Everybody's life is in danger.

"Thank you, Lisa!" He smiled at me. "Don't worry. We will catch her without her harming you," he reassured me.

I nodded.

He called his mother and told her that we were going to marry.

After the cafe, I got in the car. I was thinking about this. I needed to tell Zack about it. He wouldn't like it.

I pulled my phone out of my bag. When I looked at my phone, there were ten missing calls from Zack. I called him back. A few seconds later, he picked up his phone. Wow, he was fast.

"Why didn't you pick up the damn phone?" He barked at me.

"Zack, call down. It was on silence," I said. He breathed deeply.

"What the hell are you doing with Stefano?"

"Where..."

Of course, Yannis told him. I shook my head.

"We were talking. I will tell you everything once you calm down."

I hung up the phone without letting him say something. I turned off my phone and put it into my bag.

When I walked in the living room, Aunt Dimitra, Marina and Aunt Clara were here. When Aunt Dimitra saw me, she stood up and walked closer to me, smiling. She hugged me.

"You don't know how happy I am," she said with tears in her eyes and pulled me to the couch. "come on, we need to plan all the details."

Aunt Carla looked at me, very angrily.

I needed to talk to Zack about this without letting the situation get worse.

Aunt Dimitra and Marina started telling me all about their ideas, but I wasn't listening to them. I was thinking about Zack.

How am I going to tell him?

Suddenly, the door opened, and Zack walked in angrily. Our eyes met, he was very frustrated.

"What is going on?" he asked without taking his eyes off me.

"Lisa and Stefano are getting engaged," Aunt Dimitra replied happily.

"What?" he snapped, looking at me furiously.