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?"

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

to leave again when someone knocked on the door, shouting in the

on in!" Dean called

inside, surprised to see a woman there. He glanced at

but Dean

older man, clearly anxious, quickly explained why

his medical bag. "Um..." He realized he didn't know Maja's full name, but just smiled and breezed past it. "I need to go check on someone. It's a bit far, so don't wait up.

better now. Maybe it's time for me to

made it through all this, she'd find a way to pay

me take a look at your wound one last time

out the door. "Keep an eye on the place for me, will you? No one else is around, and you never know when someone might try to sneak

shoulder, following the older man down the road. She

patient's house. An elderly man had twisted his ankle while gathering firewood in the hills, so

place, Maja waited