When I woke up again , I was lying in a hospital bed . Dad was sitting beside me looking worried , and the moment he saw I was awake , he immediately asked , " Sweetheart , who beat you up like this ? " I felt a ringing in my ears and couldn't hear what he was saying clearly . After gesturing for a while , I found out I had a perforated eardrum from the beating and needed time to recover . Soon after , a nurse brought me a temporary hearing aid so I could communicate somewhat normally . Suddenly , Dad's phone rang . Leo's voice came through from the other end . He sounded all sucking up as he spoke , " Mr. Thompson , when can you come sign the contract ? We waited for you for hours yesterday . Did you have some emergency ? Is there anything we can help you with ? " My dad replied impatiently , " Like I told you , my daughter's in the hospital right now . We'll talk about the contract in a few days . " Then Dad hung up directly . That's right - my dad is the chairman of Thompson Group . But since starting college , I'd been determined to make it on my own , so I never told anyone about my family background . Knowing Leo the way I do , he'd definitely seize this opportunity with both hands . Back in college , just to get a spot in some competition , he worked his ass off for our professor for half a month straight . So this time Leo would probably show up with fruit baskets , running to every hospital in the city just to make a good impression on my dad . I was curious to see how Leo would react when he found out the truth . Sure enough , just as I predicted , two hours later my hospital room door was pushed open . Leo and Sage burst in , both sweating and out of breath . When they saw it was me in the room , Sage couldn't help but sneer , " Maya Thompson , what are you doing here ? Talk about bad luck ! This is Chairman Thompson's private hospital from Thompson Group - how can you afford to get treatment here ? " Leo immediately became suspicious . He demanded , " Maya Thompson , did you steal money from me ? You're the only one who knows where I keep my savings ! I'm warning you - however much you stole , pay it back right now . We're not together anymore , so you have no right to spend my money . " I said helplessly , " Leo , have you lost your mind ? You guys beat me up so badly - where would I get the strength to steal your money ? " Sage added , " Leo , I don't buy it . Maya never spends much money normally - she's obviously from some basic middle - class family . How the hell could she afford a fancy private hospital like this ? Better safe than sorry , you should totally search her . Would be such a bummer if she blew through all your cash . " Chapter S Leo immediately moved forward to forcibly search me . I backed away quickly . " Stay away from me ! I told you I didn't touch any of your stuff . If you don't believe me , go home and check for yourself , you psycho ! " During our struggle , Leo actually yanked out my IV needle . Dark red blood ran down the back of my hand . I was in agony and yelled angrily , " Leo Stark , get the hell away from me ! You maniac ! " But Leo didn't care and started searching me anyway . At that critical moment , Dad finally came back . He hurled his thermos straight at Leo's head and bellowed , " Get your filthy hands off my daughter ! " Leo yelped in pain and turned around furiously . But when he saw Dad's face , his whole spine curved in submission . " Mr ... Mr. Thompson , what a coincidence running into you here ! "