He said before that if a nurse assigned to him was only interested in being love-struck and not in work, he would want to send her back. But Avery Graham, who had arrived, wasn't interested in him intrinsically, and over the past dozen days, he knew she held a certain dislike for him. Yet she had still endured his odd habits with a forced tolerance.
In reality, he found it adequate working with Avery Graham and contemplated that when he was back at the hospital, he could help transfer her to his side as a dedicated nurse.
The only reason Avery Graham was furious just now was because of what he had said in front of the patient's family. It was indeed hurtful, but with such relatives, he could only say something that forceful to make the family truly resolve on a decision. After all, even as a doctor, he could only recommend to the patients and their relatives. It was, ultimately, they who made the decision.