Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chapter 1344

Maja took the diploma, examining it closely, and realized it was real. "Sorry, I'm just used to being careful," she admitted.

Dean nodded. "I get it. That injury on your back isn't exactly a paper cut."

While recuperating at Willow Creek, Maja gradually regained her strength and could finally walk around. She was eager to leave, but Dean, ever the caring healer, persuaded her to stay a few more days to make sure she was truly okay.

During her time there, Maja discovered that Dean was basically the village's go-to guy for everything.

If someone's fence needed mending, Dean showed up with his toolbox. If a neighbor's cow wandered off, Dean would be out with a lantern in the middle of the night looking for it. If anyone needed help, their first stop was Dean's door. He was known as the local doctor, but half the time, he was helping out with things that had nothing to do with medicine.

Yet, when it came to animals, he was always the first to help. Sick pig? Dean would come by and give it a shot. Dog covered in fleas? He'd sort it out. Chicken acting weird? Dean would check for bird flu. Strangely enough, he'd hardly ever treated people—at least, not until Maja showed up.

She couldn't help but ask, "Wait, am I your first real patient?"

definitely the first one I've had to actually use a

on the door, shouting in the local accent,

yeah, come on in!" Dean called back, opening the

He glanced at Dean, eyebrows raised. "Is this your girlfriend?"

just looked on, but Dean quickly explained, "No,

anxious, quickly explained

but just smiled and breezed past it. "I need to go

time for

already decided that if she made it through all this, she'd find a way to pay Dean

Let me take a look at your wound

an eye on the place for me, will you? No

was already walking away, medical bag on his shoulder, following the older man down the road. She wanted

had twisted his ankle while gathering firewood in the hills, so they'd called Dean to set the

Maja waited for