Ugly Girl
By A.J. Brown
A successful, but lonely man may have finally found the perfect match for him


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At thirty-years-old Travis had just about everything. He had a very successful
sales career and was the sales manager at a successful marketing firm that did
all of their sales over the telephone. He made well over one hundred thousand
dollars a year and since all of his income was a percentage of what his sales
people sold, he didn't really even have to work especially hard.

His boss, Paul, pretty much let him run the show as long as things stayed
under control. Travis drove a Lexus, had a huge house, and he still had more
money than he knew what to do with. He was also in good shape standing at just
under six feet tall and weighing right around 170 pounds with an athletic
frame. He spent a great deal of his free time exercising.

The only thing missing from Travis's life was a woman. It didn't make sense to
him and it actually really bothered him. Because of all of his favorable
qualities he thought women would be lining up for. He was relatively young, in
good shape, and he made plenty of money.

Yet he couldn't seem to find a woman that was interested in him to save his
life. He'd go out with girls, hang out with them a couple of times, think
everything was going great, and then they would just lose interest in him.
They'd either break it off or just stop taking his calls. Then he'd often see
them with some loser a few weeks later. His standards weren't particularly
high either and even girls that weren't very good looking with no ambition
still didn't seem interested in dating him.

Travis's sales team was pretty good overall but he still lacked a real
superstar that produced the way that he did back in the days when he used to
sell fulltime. He constantly had ads out for new sales people but most of the
candidates that applied were complete garbage. Then one day he heard a
different kind of message on his voicemail.

"Hi Travis, my name is Carly" a sweet sounding female voice said on the
message. "I saw your job ad and I am very interested in the position. If you
could call me at your convenience to discuss it further I'd greatly appreciate
it. Thank you so much Travis!"

Her voice was probably the sweetest voice he had ever heard and he actually
listened to the message again just to hear her voice again. It sent tingles
down his spine just to listen to her. There wasn't a single female on his
sales team and he always thought that a girl would be able to sell better over
the telephone since they are probably less likely to be rejected.

The other thing that Travis couldn't overlook either was that this was a
potential girlfriend for him. He knew that dating his employees was not a good
idea but the older he got and remained single, the less he cared about
anything else than finding himself a girl. Girls he dated normally rejected
him but if a female employee saw how powerful he was in the workplace he
thought there was a much better chance that she'd have some interest in him.

Travis waited in his office for their scheduled interview together and he
actually felt nervous. He was the one giving the interview yet he was still
the one that was nervous. That was how he was, though. He could manage a team
full of meathead salesmen, talk to big business executives over the phone and
get tens of thousands of dollars from them, but he was always nervous talking
to girls.

A girl walked in his office and he knew that it was Carly. He couldn't help
but be disappointed immediately when he saw her. She had somewhat short hair
that went about halfway down her neck in the back and about down to her chin
in the front but her hair looked like straw.

She also looked like she was stoned, not because Travis actually thought that
she was, but just because her eyes were extremely droopy. She had one of the
biggest noses that Travis had ever seen and since her face was kind of small,
and her body as a whole was pretty petite, it made her big nose look even
bigger.

She had a big smile on her face the second that she walked into the office and
her teeth definitely looked like they could use a little bit of whitening. She
definitely did not have a pretty smile as her face as a whole was the furthest
thing from pretty. But the smile did show happiness and an overall positive
attitude which Travis thought was nice to see. She had quite a bit of freckles
on her face which didn't help matters either.

He looked at her hands. They were wrinkly and her nails definitely looked like
they could use some work. Other than her many shortcomings she looked like she
had some potential. She wore a navy blue business outfit with a business coat
up top and a tight skirt on. She wore even darker navy blue pantyhose which
showed off her well-defined calf muscles which looked good on her small frame.
She had a pair of heels on that brought her up from probably about 5'2 to
about 5'4.

"Travis?" she said to him and once he heard that recognizable voice that he
heard on the phone he had no doubt that this was Carly. "Hi, I'm Carly. Nice
to meet you."

They shook hands and even though her hand felt soft and girly, he could feel
that she definitely had some strength in her arm, at least more strength than
he would have expected in the arm of such a small girl. They looked at each
other and smiled as they shook hands. The benefit to Carly being ugly to
Travis was that he felt completely comfortable around her.

"Yes, Travis" he said back to her. "Nice to meet you."

They proceeded with the interview and Carly was just the perfect candidate.
She was friendly, she spoke very confidently, and just used the language of a
competent professional. The sales guys that Travis currently had on his team
were good, but just by the way Carly spoke, Travis had a quick feeling that
she could have far more success than anyone he currently had.

"So that's it" Carly said sweetly when it appeared that they were all done.
"I'm very interested in the position and I hope you will consider me for it.

Travis wanted to offer her the position right there but he didn't want to
sound too desperate so he figured he'd at least wait a day. They shook hands
and she gave him a smile that wasn't necessarily pretty but it was still a
smile that put a big smile on his face. Travis was a bit disappointed that
Carly wasn't prettier because if she was she would definitely be a girl that
he'd like to get to know better. But either way she would definitely be
getting this job.

It was Carly's first day of working and Travis was definitely excited about
what having her on board would mean for the company. Since all of their
business was done on the telephone they had a casual dress code around the
office. Carly definitely must have noticed that at her interview because she
was dressed quite casually.

She had on a pink Abercrombie zip-up up top with a white t-shirt underneath
it. She wore a tight pair of jeans and a white pair of sneakers on that had
pink lining to them and they actually matched the top she was wearing very
well. The outfit she had on was very cute and if it weren't for her ugly face
she would have looked very cute walking into the office.

"Travis, what's up!" she said with extreme enthusiasm as she walked towards
him.

Travis was used to people putting on a bit of an act on their first day of
work but even with that in mind, Carly looked more excited than he had ever
seen anyone to start working. She had a huge smile on her face and when she
walked towards Travis she held her hand up to give him a high-five. She
actually grabbed his hand and shook his arm quite a bit which shook him. Maybe
it was just because she was being a bit aggressive but this girl, who was
about 5'2 and couldn't weigh more than 120 pounds, her arm felt like it was
stronger than Travis's was.

Travis got Carly the sales script, started training her, and she seemed to be
the model employee. She was extremely receptive to everything Travis told her
and she was very coachable. She practiced hard and she was ready to get on the
phone and start selling faster than any rep that Travis had ever seen.

Once Travis let her loose and let her start making sales calls, it was clear
that Carly was a harder worker than he had ever seen, and certainly a harder
worker than anyone else on Travis's team. For every one call that anyone else
on the team made, Carly made two. Her hard work paid off and she ended up
getting a sale on her first day which had never happened at the company
before.

She didn't stop there either. She continued to work hard and she was quickly
making her way to becoming the top performer on the team. In addition to
enjoying watching how hard Carly worked, Travis loved listening to her makes
sales calls just to hear her voice. Her voice was sweet and enchanting and
Travis could just imagine that getting a call from a voice like hers and not
actually seeing what she looked like would make it difficult not to buy from
her. Travis also liked that this girl definitely wouldn't stand a chance in
outside sales because of her looks so there was a better chance she would
stick around.

She greeted Travis the exact same way every morning when she came to work -
she'd give him that high-five where she'd grab his arm and kid of tug it a
little bit. And every morning when she did it, it would remind Travis that she
seemed to have a pretty strong arm - and that she might have a stronger arm
than him.

It was 3 p.m. on a Friday afternoon one day and the team was starting to lose
their focus. It typically happened and there wasn't a whole lot Travis could
do about it because it was so late in the week that even if he really pushed
for them to keep making their calls he knew their heads wouldn't be in the
game. He would normally just let it fly and make sure they worked extra hard
when they came back on Monday morning.

That particular Friday, the guys started challenging each other to
arm-wrestle. So there they were arm-wrestling in the sales area trying to see
who was the strongest. Travis watched them go at it but he didn't partake - he
was in good shape at his size but most of his sales guys were big weight
lifter type guys, some of them even looked like they took steroids. He
wouldn't stand a chance against any of them so he just watched as they took
turns going at it.

As he watched one arm-wrestling match he heard the sweet sound of Carly's
voice. She was still on a sales call. Travis couldn't believe it. He didn't
expect her to partake in the arm-wrestling or anything but he figured that
once she saw that everyone else had shutdown for the week that she would have
as well. But that wasn't the case. She just went about making her calls and
doing her work with that sweet voice of hers while the rest of the employees
screwed around.

5 p.m. came and every one of his salespeople was out the door to go to the
bar. Everyone except for Carly that was. She was actually still on a call that
she was finishing up and based on listening to it, she wasn't rushing it or
anything. She was taking her time and in no hurry to leave. Travis listened to
her sweet voice as she finished up the call. He admired her so much.

"Oh hey Travis" Carly said when she hung the phone up and saw him standing
there. "I think I got that one!" She smiled at him and even though her face
was ugly with that big nose of hers, it was such a sweet, genuine smile that
Travis couldn't help but think it was pretty.

"Thank you" he said to her.

"Thanks for what?" she asked as she started to do a little bit of paperwork.

"Thanks for continuing to work hard today while everyone else was screwing
around at the end of the day" he told her. "That's extremely admirable."

"Yeah well" she said and then Travis detected a little bit of arrogance in her
voice. "I saw them doing that and I was actually considering challenging you
to arm-wrestle. But I didn't want to embarrass you in front of the team."

She then gave him another ugly but pretty smile but this one was different
from the other ones she had given him. This smile actually had a little hint
to it like she thought she was better than he was. Every morning when they
slapped hands Travis thought about the fact that this girl might be stronger
than he was. Was she thinking the same thing?

"Yeah, funny" Travis said extremely sarcastically since his male ego felt the
need to stick up for himself.

"Oh, you don't think I'm stronger than you are?" she said and she certainly
sounded confident about herself. "Feel my muscle."

She flexed and she had long sleeves on so Travis couldn't really see her
muscle, even though her arm as a whole looked small. She smiled like she was
so proud of her muscle and Travis walked over to feel it. He felt her bicep
and it felt strong alright. Probably stronger than his. But he looked at how
small she was and he still just didn't think that she could actually be
stronger than him.

"Yeah, that's very nice" he said with quite a bit of sarcasm in his voice.

"Alright, that's it" she said with a smile. "We're arm-wrestling right now."

She walked over to the table that the sales guys had been arm-wrestling on and
she put her right arm on it in the arm-wrestling position. She looked
determined to prove she was stronger than Travis was and he pretty much had no
choice but to accept her challenge. He walked over and locked his hand with
hers in the arm-wrestling position. He looked at her fingers as they did it.
Her fingers were small and wrinkly and she really, really could have used a
manicure on her nails that weren't even painted. But he hand felt so soft when
their hands were locked. Holding hands with her just felt right.

"Ready?" she said to him. "One, two, three, go!"

The match began and Travis could tell immediately that he was in trouble. He
pushed at her arm and he could feel the strength in her bicep as he did it. He
could not move her arm at all and it was actually hurting his bicep the more
he pushed. They stayed in a stalemate for a bit but not for long.

Carly then took control and although Travis was able to make sure she did it
slowly, he wasn't able to stop her. He did not want to lose to his female
employee but there was nothing he could do about it. He pushed as hard as he
could but her arm was stronger than his and she continued to push his arm
down. Her small hand pushed his hand to the table and she took the victory. He
let go of her hand and he felt extremely humiliated.

"Good match" she said right after and she shook his hand to take away any
resentment he may have had towards her for beating him.

"Good match" he said and the way she reacted he felt he had no choice but to
be a good sport about it.

"Don't worry" she said as she packed her stuff up and got ready to leave. "I
won't tell anyone, I promise. I'll see you on Monday."

She had that sweet smile on her face as she said it and then she left. Even
though Travis was embarrassed that Carly defeated him, he couldn't help but
have even more admiration for her after that. She was a hard worker and she
was a great salesperson - and she was stronger than he was.

Time came to do monthly sales numbers and Carly had blown the rest of the
sales guys out of the water. She actually had a better month than Travis ever
had, although he didn't tell that to the team. It was good for Carly because
she made a lot of money but with her on the team the company had broken their
record for sales in the month. It was Wednesday and they normally only did
company happy hours on Friday but this news was so good that they didn't want
to wait - they all went to the bar to celebrate.

Drinking time was always fun for the company and they were all having a great
time at the bar. The fact that they had done so well over the past month was
making everyone get along better as well. Travis and Carly were especially
getting along. They were talking, joking around, and they were really hitting
it off.

As the evening went on, people slowly started slipping out. When just about
everyone was gone, Travis looked at the time to see that they had been there
for over five hours. He didn't know where the time had gone. He was having so
much fun that he didn't even realize it. Him and Carly ended up being the last
two there and each of them still had a full drink they needed to finish. They
both looked pretty tipsy.

"You are so awesome as a manager" she said to him with that sweet tone in her
voice and she sounded so genuine when she said it. "You've taught me so much
about sales and you motivate me so much."

"You're so awesome as an employee" he said to her and their faces were getting
closer to each other's with every word they said. "You're doing so much for
this company and it is greatly appreciated."

And the next thing Travis knew, the two of them were making out. The alcohol
in him made it easy to ignore that big nose of hers as the two of them
mutually went in for the kiss. And while they were making out their eyes were
closed so Travis didn't have to look at her face anyway. But this kiss felt
perfect. He made a decision right there and the alcohol had nothing to do with
it - Carly was the one for him.

When they stopped kissing they would just look at each other with sweet looks
and then drink some more. It seemed that things felt so right between the two
of them that silence was fine. They'd drink a bit and then make out some more.
When they finished their drinks they held hands as Travis walked her to her
car.

"You want to come home with me?" Travis asked her and then he blushed a bit
when he did. "That is, if you don't feel OK to drive. I could always drive you
back to your car when you sober up."

"Thanks bud" she said and she gave him a friendly punch in the shoulder. "But
I'll make it home OK. I'll see you at work tomorrow though." They kissed one
more time and Travis didn't want it to end.

He drove home feeling on top of the world. Nothing could have brought him out
of the happy state he was in after hanging out with Carly all night. And it
wasn't just the alcohol because he still felt the same the next morning. He
wasn't even worried about things being awkward at work that day. Because Carly
was the one for him and there was no reason it would be awkward.

"Hey Carly" he said and he gave her a discreet, sweet look when she arrived
that morning.

"Hey bud" she said and Travis liked that pet name she seemed to have picked
out for him. She gave him her normal hand slap and pulled at his arm like
usual to remind him that she was stronger than him then went to her desk.

It was close to lunchtime and Travis couldn't think of better way to spend his
lunch then to take Carly out. He saw that she was on the phone so he wrote the
words 'Can I buy you lunch?' on a piece of paper and put it in front of her.
She looked at him with a sweet smile and nodded.

He drove as they went out to lunch and they were talking and getting along
great. She was so easy to talk to and Travis liked her company a lot. They sat
down at a table and the waitress gave them their menus. Carly then looked at
Travis with a focused smile on her face.

"So I need to tell you something" she said to him. "What happened last night -
I was pretty drunk, I'm not gonna lie. Probably shouldn't have even driven
home. And I'm not sure what you think of the whole thing. But I want to let
you know right now that I am not interested in you that way."

It had only been one night but Travis still felt his heart break in half since
it felt to him like what happened had been a long time coming. And he may have
never felt that good like he did from the point that their lips made contact
up until that point right there. He was heartbroken and he tried to
rationalize it in his head.

"Is it because you don't want to date your manager?" he asked her and he
sounded desperate when he said it. "Because I promise you that we can do this
without it getting in the way of our jobs at all."

"I know that could be done" Carly said confidently. "It has absolutely nothing
to do with that. I'm just not interested in you in that way. Now let's enjoy
our lunch."

"Here are your drinks" the waitress said and it was the worst timing for
Travis as anything he wanted to say in response to Carly was interrupted by
her setting the two iced teas in front of them.

He didn't say another word about it the rest of the meal since Carly had
sounded very certain of herself that that was how she felt. And since they had
to go back to work he didn't want to pull anything unprofessional. So they had
their lunch with Travis never feeling more devastated. Carly looked as happy
and carefree as could be.

"Mind if I sneak out of here a bit early today?" Carly said to him the next
day at work. "I have a dentist appointment at 3:30."

"No, of course not" he said to her. He hoped that she might say more.

"Thanks" she said and then she gave him a sweet smile and went to her desk.

Travis had been thinking about things overnight anyway and he figured he would
just be patient. He was still really interested in Carly and a part of him
hoped that she might come around and decide she was interested in him. She was
doing great at her job so he didn't expect her to be going anywhere. If he
just played it cool at work and continued to show her what a catch he was, he
felt that he might be able to win her over, over time.

It was now 4 p.m. on Friday and the sales team was really starting to shutoff
mentally like normal. Travis, on the other hand, had a lot of work to do that
he was at his desk doing. But he could hear the sales guys talking to each
other as they waited for the clock to tick so they could leave.

"Where's Carly?" one of the guys asked.

"She left early for a dentist appointment" another one of them said with a
tone of voice like he was making fun of her.

"If I were her I wouldn't be worry about the dentist until I got that nose of
mine fixed" the original guy said. "How can she walk around with such a large
schnoz?"

"She doesn't have the prettiest teeth either" another guy said. "She needs a
dentist too but she needs about ten appointments right in a row."

"Ever get a good look at her fingers?" another guy said. "The best manicure in
the world couldn't make her hands look pretty."

And Travis continued to listen in anger as every guy on his sales team laughed
and joked to each other about Carly's looks. It made Travis furious. This was
the girl that he had a crush on. And he couldn't even go out and defend her
because he feared it would clue them in that he liked her. How would his sales
team ever respect him if they knew he liked a girl that they thought was so
ugly? And how would they respect him if they knew that she shot him down? So
he just sat there and listened as they mocked her appearance. Every guy in
that office clearly thought she was ugly. So why wasn't she interested in
Travis? It drove him crazy.

Time went on and Travis continued to try to play it as cool around Carly as he
could. She was her same, happy self all of the time and Travis did respect
that she never tried to use the fact that she turned him down against him. She
still worked hard enough to be the top producer every month, was always in a
good mood, and she still always greeted Travis in the morning by slapping him
five and tugging his arm to remind him she was stronger than he was.

A couple of weeks later, on a Friday afternoon, things were starting to wind
down. "So who is this guy you're seeing now?" one of the sales guys asked
Carly.

Travis felt anger in his stomach the second he heard that. Carly had shot him
down but he still had hope that she'd change her mind and decide she was
interested in him. So he did not want to hear that she was seeing some other
guy. He made sure to listen carefully to their conversation from that point
forward.

"Just some guy" Carly said with her ugly smile that Travis thought was
beautiful and he saw her start to blush.

"Just some guy, eh?" the sales guy said back. "Is he on Facebook?"

Travis watched Carly nod and then start pulling up Facebook on her computer.
He couldn't help but walk over there and be nosy. Even before Carly loaded the
page, she had this smile on her face like she was really into whoever this guy
was. When Travis got close enough to her desk, Carly actually turned the
computer screen so he could see.

"His name's Jeremy" Carly said to the sales guy.

Travis couldn't believe what he saw when he saw the picture of Jeremy. The guy
had to weigh close to three hundred pounds of pure fat. He was dressed in all
black yet his skin was as white as could be. He was just an ugly guy overall
and Travis could not believe that Carly chose this guy over him.

"So what's he do?" Travis asked trying to sound casual but actually really
wanting to know what kind of career this guy that looked like a loser had.

"He's not really working right now" Carly said like it was no big deal.

"So lots of dates at home in front of the TV?" one of the sales guys joked.

"Nah" Carly said. "I pay for him when we go out. I do pretty well for myself
here so it's no big deal."

Carly talked to the sales guys about him a bit more but Travis wasn't even
listening. He was in shock. This ugly girl had completely shot him down yet
seemed really into this overweight loser that didn't have a job and she even
had to pay for all of the time when they went out. She could have a better
looking guy that could treat her to whatever she wanted yet she chose Jeremy.
It was blowing Travis's mind but it didn't make him want her any less. It
actually made him want her more.

He was determined after that. He was showing up to work everyday dressed
extremely nicely and always wearing cologne to make himself as attractive as
possible. He was spending even more time at the gym to be as fit as he could
be. And he was working harder than ever so he could make even more money. He
wanted Carly to think that he could buy her a new BMW if she wanted one.
Whatever he had to do, he was going to win her heart.

Travis knew he had to be patient but it was tough. Now that everyone at work
knew about Jeremy, Carly was always talking about him and she seemed extremely
happy. He remained unemployed and Carly even admitted that he smelled bad yet
she still showed no signs of wanting to break up with him.

But then the day came when Travis came to work early and Carly was already
there. She was sitting at her desk looking extremely miserable. He thought it
was a pretty sad sight seeing a girl that wasn't given the best looks from
God, sitting there looking sad about life.

"You alright?" he asked her sounding concerned.

"Yeah, I'm OK" she said unconvincingly. "Jeremy and I broke up." Travis tried
to hide his excitement. No one else was there yet. Carly was sad and weakened.
And there Travis was to comfort her. It couldn't be more perfect.

"So sorry to hear that" he said. "But people get back together a lot. You two
will probably work it out."

"No, no, no" Carly said and the convincing salesgirl looked right in his eyes
like she was completely sure of what she was saying. "He cheated on me. It is
OVER! You would never do that to a girl, would you?"

"No, of course not" he said.

"I can't believe he did that" Carly said and she shook her head.

"I'm so sorry" Travis said trying not to look happy that he heard his best
news in a long time.

"Don't be" she said and then she smiled. "Life goes on. I'm going to break
another sales record this week and go on with my life!"

She winked at Travis and got ready to work. Most girls he knew would try to
use bad news like that as an excuse to miss work for a week but Carly kept her
positive attitude and got right to work. He really admired her and he
continued to be more attracted to her.

Travis continued to play it cool at work not wanting to push his luck. But
Carly had been acting friendlier to him than ever and he just had a feeling
this time that he finally had his opportunity. A few days later, right after
she got back from lunch, Carly walked up to Travis's desk to talk to him.

"You know, we should get a drink after work today" she said to him. "Been
awhile since we had a drink. You up for it?" Travis was definitely up for it.
He knew what happened last time they drank together and he knew that she knew
too.

"Yeah sure" he said playing it as cool as possible. "Sounds good." She smiled
at him and walked to her desk.

"When was the last time you went on a vacation?" Carly asked him when they
were enjoying their first beer at the bar after work.

"Jeez" Travis said. "Been over a year."

"Wow" she said and she just seemed really interested to talk to him. "You work
too hard. You need a vacation."

They talked more about that and they talked about other things. Carly was
extremely easy to talk to and she was showing more interest in Travis then any
other girl he had ever hung out with. Most girls just wanted to talk about
themselves but Carly wasn't like that. She was so perfect. There was no
kissing between them, even after quite a few drinks, but the conversation was
great and Travis felt it was coming soon.

"We better get going" Carly said after they each had six drinks a piece. "If
we drink too much more here then neither of us will be driving home. Want to
walk me to my car?"

He did just that. He felt chills go through his body as he walked her to her
car feeling sure that he'd be getting a good night kiss if not more. He
thought about trying to hold her hand but he didn't. He figured going for that
kiss right before she got in her car would be perfect. There was no one else
in the parking lot making it even more perfect for that good night kiss.

"Thanks" she said once they got to her car. "Good night."

She smiled at him with her ugly smile that only Travis could see the beauty
in. She had to be grateful that such a good looking and successful guy would
want to kiss her if the best she could do besides him was Jeremy. He went
right in for the kiss until he felt her hand press against his chest and stop
him.

"No, no, no" she said with a smile and Travis couldn't believe it. "We've
talked about this, Travis."

"Carly, come on" he said a bit impatiently. He went in for the kiss more
aggressively and Carly's strong arm was more forceful to stop him.

"I said 'no'!" she said assertively with that sweet voice of hers.

Travis didn't care. He kept pushing in and went right in for the kiss. Before
he could kiss her he felt her punch him right in the mouth. Her fist was quite
small and it wasn't a knockout punch by any stretch of the imagination. But
she hit him hard and it was definitely enough to hurt.

Hitting girls wasn't Travis's thing but the instinct of taking a punch to the
mouth after six drinks took over. He threw a punch right back at Carly but she
moved her head and he missed. She stepped away from her car and all of the
sudden the two of them had their fists raised to fight in this parking lot.

Carly looked small but the way her fists were raised she looked ready to
fight. Travis's mouth was hurting him and he was ready to fight more. He was
not going to let this girl get away with punching him in the face like that.
They danced around a little bit before either of them threw the first punch.

Travis threw another punch at Carly and she got out of the way again. He threw
another that missed and Carly followed that up by punching him right in the
mouth again. That punch hurt even more so he punched right back. But he missed
again and then Carly punched him right in the nose.

Even though her fist was very small, that punch in the nose really hurt
Travis. His eyes watered up and he bent over. Carly didn't stop and she
punched him in the cheek again so he covered his face up. She then punched him
twice in the head which made him look up again.

And when he looked up he saw Carly's fist coming right at his face against.
She punched him right, square in the eye and it immediately knocked him right
on the ground. She stood above him seeing if he was going to get up but the
wealthy businessman was down for the count.

"I really wish it didn't come to that" Carly said. She then got in her car and
drove away.

Going to work that next day was not something Travis was looking forward to.
Carly had given him a black eye and he didn't know what story he was going to
tell to all of his sales guys who would definitely ask. That was, if Carly
didn't go in the office and tell them already. He showed up a bit late that
day and Carly was at her desk. She didn't look at Travis when he walked in.

"Travis!" Paul called from his office once Travis walked in the door. "I need
to see you." That was the last thing Travis wanted to do with his black eye.
He walked into Paul's office, had a seat, and Paul closed the door behind
them.

"You're fired" Paul said, always being the kind of man that cut right to the
chase.

"What?" Travis said with disbelief. "Why?"

"Carly told me what happened" Paul said and now Travis knew he had to come up
with something quick.

"Wait, wait!" Travis said defensively. "She was the one that came on to me! I
don't care what she says."

"I don't care if you did come onto her" Paul said to him. "That's part of the
fun of making a lot of money is hitting on girls. That black eye of yours
tells me everything. Carly has been blowing away any sales numbers that you
had when you were selling. And now we find out that she can also beat you up.
She's a better salesperson than you and I need someone tough to run my sales
team. And she's tougher than you. Not to mention she comes at a cheaper price.
I'm replacing you with her. Don't clean out your desk. We will mail you your
belongings. It's for your own good to save you the embarrassment."

Travis considered trying to twist the story around but he knew it wouldn't do
any good. Paul was a smart guy and he could always tell who was lying and who
was telling the truth. If Travis tried twisting the story, Paul would have
called Carly in the office, and they both would tell their sides of the story.
More embarrassing details would be exposed and Travis would end up fired
anyway.

Travis walked out of Paul's office in complete shame. He had worked so hard to
make a successful career for himself but all he wanted was a girlfriend to
share it with. Now his career was gone and he still didn't have a girlfriend.
He wouldn't even look at Carly as he walked out but he heard that sweet voice
of hers making a sales pitch as he left.

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