The Mafia's Feisty Nanny

ROSE POV I glanced at the clock, It was currently a few minutes past seven. Today was my boyfriend’s birthday, Jace and I have been together for three years, well, we have been on and off for the past year but we are together now. The receptionist called my name and I walked up to her to pick the birthday cake, the one I was going to surprise him with. After a few minutes’ drive, I was standing in front of Jace’s penthouse, for some reason, he had always been against us staying together in the same apartment but that was fine by me, since I was doing well and had my own apartment. I pulled out the key card from my purse and pressed it to the key pad of the door, it immediately opened allowing the cold air mixed with expensive furniture and alcohol smell. I was never a fan of alcohol and Jace was obsessed with it, I had told him once how I felt his alcohol addiction was getting frightening and he should tone it down for a while and that didn’t end well, I have marks to prove for that. “Jace!” I called while putting the cake on the counter top, I called him again but no response. I wondered where he was, he was usually always home by this time. I had voices coming from his bedroom and walked towards his bedroom and opened the door. A gasp escaped my lips as I saw my boyfriend wrapped around a skinny blonde woman, kissing and moaning with their body pressed together. They were so caught up in their affairs that they didn’t notice me standing there. “Jace, what the hell?” I finally found my voice to speak. That seemed to get his attention as he pulled away from the woman pushing her from the bed as she fell to the ground with a thud. By now, my eyes were blurry with tears, as I ran back to the sitting room ignoring him calling my name. “Rosy, c’mon, don’t be like that. It was a mistake, I was drunk and before you know it, one thing led to another and we were in bed.” Jace tried to explain, his hands busy fixing his pants properly. I could not say anything, my hands were shaking as I grabbed my purse and began to head towards the door but Jace's grip on my arm stopped me. We stood there looking at each other as the Blondie walked out of the bedroom in her very tight and short dress. The door slammed shut as she walked out leaving just me and Jace. “Get your filthy hands off me Jace” I screamed at his face, I was done being the good, submissive girlfriend while all I get is being cheated on and abused. “Please, I am sorry Rose, I promise it will not happen again” Jace whispered, his alcohol mixed breath almost made me gag. “I can’t do this anymore, we are done, you are a very toxic man, I don’t want anything to do with a manipulative, insecure….” A hard slap knocked the words from my mouth, the pain made me see stars for a few seconds. “You are getting loud babe, I like you better when you are quiet” Jace said, his fingers wrapped around my jaw. For the first time in three years, I could see beyond the man who I fell in love with, I was so blinded by my love that I couldn’t see how terrible of a person Jace was. “Let me go Jace, I want to go home." “Stop saying that Rosy, you will never be able to leave me, you belong to me. I will break your legs if it means I get to keep you by my side” His voice went low, sending shivers down my spine. “You are crazy! Let me go” I tried to get away from him but his grip was strong and painful. My eyes widened as I noticed him pulling me towards the bedroom, I could not let him keep me here. I struggled and struggled until I was able to get out of his grip but before I could get far away from him, his fingers wrapped around my ponytail pulling it hard. I felt like my hair was being ripped from my head, I groaned in pain trying to remove his fingers from my hair but the sudden blow to my stomach made me fall to my knees clutching my stomach in pain. “If only you continued to be quiet, like a little good girl, my little good girl” He whispered in her ear, his eyes red with anger. “Please Jace, let me go. I want to go home” Tears were beginning to pour from my eyes even though I tried not to cry. “This is your home b***h! I am your home” Jace screamed like a maniac, as his fist connected with my jaw. I screamed loud and hard, feeling every bone in my body cry in pain. I curled myself into a ball as I welcomed the kicks and blows that fell on me. Tears spilling from my eyes as pain exploded in every part of my body. I could feel blood drip down my forehead over my left eye, from my right eye I saw him unbuckling his pants. Panic surged through me, what the hell was I doing just lying there? I couldn’t let him break me further, I needed to get away from him now and fast. A new strength filled me as I looked around for something, anything to slow him down. My eyes landed on a vase laying on the ground not too far from me and I immediately knew what I was going to do, I stretched my hand as my fingers wrapped around the bottom of the vase. I looked back at him and noticed he wasn’t paying attention to me but to his clumsy hands on his pants. I seized the opportunity and slammed it into his head hard and watched him fall to the ground groaning in pain. I stood up, opened the door and ran, running like my life deepened on it, because it did. I ran without looking back, ignoring the pain that was growing all over my body. My safety is what mattered to me. I heard Jace shouting from behind me, it was distant but I still heard it. My feet were already hurting badly but I couldn’t stop running, I ran out of the bushes and into the road, my life flashing before my eyes as a black car sped towards me. Knowing there was no way out, I closed my eyes waiting for my death to come but I felt nothing. I opened my eyes to see two men looking at me like I was a crazy woman. Everything that happened washed over me as I rushed towards the first man my eyes landed on. I fell to my knees and grabbed his leg. “Please sir, help me. Take me away from here, I will do anything please!” I begged like a fool. The man looked at me with something in his eyes, something I couldn’t read. “I can cook, I can clean, anything, please” I added trying to persuade him, looking around to see if there was any sign of Jace before looking back to the man. “Anything?” He asked. “Yes sir, anything” I watched a smirk appear on his face, black spots began to fill my vision and the last thing I knew I fell into a painless darkness.