Max pleaded with Blair to not marry Asa.

Together with Luna, Max schemed to dupe Asa out of a small fortune by tricking him into buying a chunk of land in which they had planted fake treasure. Eventually, Max and Luna bought the land back and built their pride and joy�the Serenity Springs Spa.

Asa and Renee�s marriage hit its breaking point when Asa found himself enthralled by Blair�s beauty, and used his notoriety to woo her. When Renee later caught the two of them kissing in the stables, she divorced Asa. On the surface, Asa appeared to be the answer to Blair�s prayers. Through him, Blair could gain financial security for her mentally ill mother, Addie, and through her new power base, she could get revenge on her Aunt Dorian, whom she blamed for putting her sister in an institution, then ignoring her for decades. In truth, Dorian was not at fault for Addie�s years of solitude and misery. She had been told that her sister had died of pneumonia at the age of thirteen. In truth, the disturbed girl had been committed to a mental institution by their late parents. Dorian was as stunned as anyone to learn that her Agatha was alive and living with Blair!

Max proposed to Blair, and surprisingly, she accepted. Blair changed her mind, though, when Asa promised to stop Dorian from having Blair�s mother committed if she would instead marry him! Max followed her back to Llanview, and was stunned to discover the woman he loved was about to marry his worst enemy. Max pleaded with Blair to change her mind. The day before her marriage to Asa, she and Max even made love on top of Blair's wedding dress! Nevertheless, Blair went through with her plans, and became the new Mrs. Asa Buchanan.

What Blair (who had believed that their marriage was more of a business deal) hadn�t counted on was that Asa expected her to be his wife in the biblical sense, and furthermore wanted her to bare another child�a son�for him. Threatening to drop her if she didn�t comply with his demands, a disgruntle Blair consummated their marriage�but was hell-bent on not becoming pregnant. While Asa eagerly tried to impregnate Blair, she secretly went on a heavy regimen of birth control pills. Later, Asa cantankerously wondered aloud why they hadn�t conceived yet, and began issuing threats. To quiet him, Blair claimed to be pregnant. Asa eventually learned the truth and began privately meeting with Dorian; plotting to have Addie recommitted. When Blair discovered what was going on, an ugly fight between she and Asa erupted�with her announcing that she had slept with Max the day before they married. As Asa had a angina attack, Blair threw her birth control pills at him and walked out.

Asa tossed Blair out on the street. Blair attempted to run back to Max, only to find he was no longer available. By now, Max was beginning to see what everyone else in Llanview already knew. Luna was the only woman for him.