Chapter 468 Leila's Badgering (Part Three)

"Are you going to resign?" Anthony was shocked by Burke's words and then asked again in disbelief,"Why? What happened for you to quit so abruptly?"

"No, nothing happened per se. But my personal affairs necessitate my attention right now, so I had to do this." With a faint smile Burke then went on to add,"Even though we will no longer be colleagues as I wind up my work here, we will always remain friends and I will invite you to dine with me or have a drink together more often than not."

"Well, I would like that very much." It was obvious to tell that Burke was in a low spirit and perhaps it had something to do with the woman lying in the sickbed. Burke seemed to do everything to distract himself from Leila's hoovering presence in the hospital. However, Anthony asked nothing but smiled to assure him,"Burke, please do tell me if you need help at any time. Well, I still have some work to attend to, so I gotta go now."

"Okay. Thank you, Anthony, for your kind words," replied Burke. After finishing his sentence, he went back to his office to pack up his belongings. Indeed, he had great attachment for this place since he had been working here for a long time. All of a sudden, a tap on the door interrupted his flow of thoughts and Pamela entered the cabin. Startled, Burke asked her,"What are you doing here, Pamela?"

"I..." Pamela mumbled in fear. In fact, she came to meet Burke casually. But she happened to hear that Burke was going to resign from the nurses outside, so she didn't know whether she came here at the right time or the worst.

"Burke, I was passing by here, and it is lunch time, so I came here to check if you have time to dine with me. So are you available now?" Pamela asked and waited for his response.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Burke finally accepted her request. "Okay. There is a good Western restaurant nearby. I will take you there. I hope you will like it."

"A Western restaurant?" Pamela smiled and then said,"I have been living abroad for so many years now and I am tired of the same bland taste of the Western food. Burke, I want to try something new. Do you know any good Chinese restaurant around here? Please let's grab some Chinese food today."

"Well, as you wish." Burke grinned and added,"Pamela, please wait for me. I will just take a moment. Excuse me, I have to answer nature's call first."

Pamela was waiting at the door of his office. She passed a warm smile to the doctors and nurses passing by. As Burke left the restroom, some doctors asked him,"Burke, is she your girlfriend? When are you getting married? You have to invite us for the grand ceremony please." They joked with Burke and pulled his leg.

"Of course I will," replied

ding right in front of him. "Burke, you have to clear things with me. I am your girlfriend, and you said that you wanted to marry me last night. But now you have gone back on your words because of this bitch! How could you betray me like this?" Leila wailed, as her eyes filled with tears and resentment.

She pointed at Pamela furiously and waited for Burke's response hoping for some relief.

"Don't utter nonsense here and create a scene, Leila!" Burke pushed her hands away and said,"I have made everything crystal clear to you last night. This has nothing to do with Pamela. Don't get her involved in this pile of dirt."

"Wow, you have already started defending her." Leila sneered and said to Burke sarcastically,"Well, then please explain why you decide to break up with me so abruptly."

"Are you serious, Leila? You are unbelievable. It is you who decided to break up with me last night after I proposed. So how did you come around to blame me now?" He felt like exploding owing to the growing anger.

"I..." Hearing this, Leila hesitated but then added,"But I regret what I said now." Saying this, Leila stepped to Burke and said,"Burke, I know I was wrong to dismiss your feelings the way I did last night. I don't want to break up with you. Could you please give me a chance to mend the situation? I promise I won't let you down..."

Pamela felt an uncomfortable knot in heart when she found Leila behaving like a spoiled kid in front of Burke, but she just remained silent there as she knew that if Burke had come round, he would handle the situation properly. She trusted him completely.

"Leila, don't create a scene here." Burke shook off her hands again and replied,"We have broken up and can't possibly reconcile anymore. You know that we should have ended our relationship earlier."