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"No, I'm not that good at dancing anyway," Alex replied refusing the girl's invitation politely.

"Oh yeah? my name is Helena." Said the girl while stretching out her hand.

Even though he was a little annoyed because he was approached by a girl he didn't know at all, Alex still smiled and shook Helena's hand while giving a faint smile. However, Alex has to maintain the good name of his family because of that he must always be friendly and polite. Even though he doesn't like it, he still has to hold back all his emotions and only shows the good side of Alex Maxwell.

"My name is Alex …" said Alex introducing himself when he shook Helena's hand.

"I already know your name, I mean there is no one who does not know who you are. Of course, everyone here knows who you are, you are very famous. Alex Maxwell, I mean your family is quite famous. " Said, Helena.

Alex could only smile thinly to cover up the uneasiness he felt. Alex is always uncomfortable whenever someone mentions his surname because it makes him remember the burdens and responsibilities he carried. He also felt that people were always comparing him and judging him based on his family name. No one saw him as him.

Drake who was busy dancing accidentally saw Alex who looked uncomfortable when Helena asked him to talk. Drake immediately withdrew from the crowd and walked over to Alex. As casually as a very close friend, Drake put his arm around Alex's shoulder.

"What are you doing here? Come on, dance friends looking for you. " Drake said and immediately brought Alex into the crowd.

Helena was unable to catch up with Alex even though she wanted to stay close to Alex, but seeing Alex immediately surrounded by many people made him stop. Alex also joined the dance following the surrounding people. He smiled broadly like someone who had just come out after being cooped up in a cave for a long time.

"Thank you," said Alex to Drake who was standing in front of him

" What for? What to save you from the boring talk? " asked Drake.

"Yes, that too ..." said Alex

"Well, it's okay but you looked uncomfortable." Said Drake.

They returned to dance with great enthusiasm and vent all emotions stored in their hearts. After they were satisfied dancing, they returned to take a glass of whiskey and drink it together. After finishing the first glass they took another whiskey, and they were both exhausted.

Right at midnight, the party ended. Everyone seemed very tired and some chose to stay overnight. At first, Drake also wanted to invite Alex to stay overnight but Alex's cellphone kept ringing and Alex's parents also forced Alex to come home. Drake finally escorted Alex home.

The journey they had taken was quite far and it was already very dark. Drake, who had been drinking quite a lot of whiskey, was starting to lose his focus and his eyelids also felt very heavy to lift. Alex also volunteered to drive when he saw Drake was already looking very tired, but Drake still insisted on driving.

"Are you sure you want to drive? You look exhausted. Never mind let me drive so you can rest, " said Alex.

"No, you were vomiting. You're the one who needs more rest than me. " Drake insisted.

Drake continues to drive with the alcohol getting over him. They were both so exhausted that finally Drake had time to close his eyes and the sound of a very long and heavy horn sounded loud, waking them both who were sleeping. Their eyes could not see because they were immediately hit by the dazzling light of the truck lights.

Surprised, Drake turned the steering wheel so hard that their car came out of the road and crashed into a tree. As smoke rose from the engine, Drake slowly opened his eyes. He also slowly leaned his head against the car seat while holding his very painful head.

Drake also saw his hand that had been holding his head, and he saw that his hand was covered with bloodstains. Drake then turned to the chair beside him, and he was very surprised to see Alex was unconscious with blood flowing from his head. Frantically Drake called an ambulance.

After a few minutes, an ambulance arrived and took Drake and Alex to the hospital. Drake was panicked to see Alex's blood flowing. Soon they arrived at the hospital. Quickly, Alex was taken to the emergency room for surgery and Drake was taken to the ward to treat the wound on his head.

The wounds Drake and Alex got were just small cuts from their scalps which were torn off because Drake reacted so quickly that they avoided a very dangerous collision, but the blood continued to flow from Alex's injured head and the blood wouldn't stop flowing and it made Alex's condition is critical.

An hour has passed and Alex is still under surgery. The whole family arrived at the hospital after hearing that their eldest son had an accident. They waited in front of the operating room with worried faces. They were silent with worried faces except for Gina who was crying so loudly that her mother had to hug her and tried hard to calm her down.

After several hours of surgery ended and the doctor came out of the operating room. Eddie Maxwell immediately went to the doctor to ask about the condition of his eldest son. After notifying Alex's condition, the doctor left. All members of the Maxwell family immediately followed the nuns who brought Alex to his ward.

They looked sadly at Alex. It was clear that they were very worried about Alex, who was lying unconscious with a bandage wrapped around his head. Then Drake, who had just finished being treated by the nurses, immediately knelt to apologize to Alex's parents for putting Alex in danger, even though he was injured and his head was also bandaged.

"I'm sorry, I was careless and made Alex go through all this. Please forgive me." Said Drake who felt so guilty that he cried when he cried.

In their minds, Eddie and Greta wanted to yell and curse Drake for making their eldest son have to be operated on, but seeing the bandages wrapped around Drake's head made their hearts melt. They realized they couldn't take their anger out on Drake because Drake was also injured in this accident.

"Just stand there, we can't blame you anyway because this was just an accident." Said Eddie Maxwell while holding back all his anger.

Even though he was told to stand up, Drake still couldn't stand up because he felt so bad. His body felt very heavy as if a weight of 1 ton had hit his shoulders. With his head kept down, he could only cry because the guilt he felt was getting more and more piercing his chest.

Even so, Drake still tried to hold back his tears from flowing profusely and only dripped one raindrop at a time.