1990
While uncovering his father's history, Max Holden learned that Asa cheated his father, Wingate, out of lucrative oil land many years before. Gabrielle concocted a scheme that painted Asa as Max's real father, coaxing Du Ann Demerest to assert that Asa was Max's father. A stunned Asa reached out to faux son Max, who rejected him.

1991
Asa and Max, who eventually changed his name to Buchanan, began building a bond, while Du Ann started blackmailing Renee, who had just learned that Max wasn't really Asa's son. Renee managed to hide the secret from Asa, but became a prominent suspect in the case of Du Ann's murder. Upon the discovery of new information about Asa's horrendous treatment of Wingate, Max turned on Asa again, vowing final revenge.

1992
After arriving in Llanview, Blair Cramer intrigued Asa with her puzzling beauty. Tensions in his marriage to Renee escalated when Asa became a suspect in Carlo Hesser's murder. The endlessly persistent Blair succeeded in her allurement of Asa. Reeling from the sight of a kiss between Asa and Blair, Renee left him. The couple soon divorced.

1992
Rocky from the start, Asa and Blair’s brief and stormy marriage ended when Asa found out that Blair, who refused to give Asa the child he wanted, had slept with Max Holden on their wedding day. Before Asa could toss her out of his life, however, he suffered a heart attack.

1994
Golddigger Alex Olanov succeeded in her persistent attempts to win over Asa, who married her in an extravagant Cleopatra-inspired wedding in Central Park.

1996
Asa's marriage to Alex crumbled when Asa discovered Alex had been cheating with her not-so-dead former husband Carlo. Faking insanity, Asa teamed up with Max to get revenge on Carlo. Asa, in his typically grandiose manner, crashed Alex's wedding ceremony to Carlo, exposing her fake pregnancy.

1999
Asa began to rekindle his relationship with Renee. The two remarried and Renee revealed to Asa that years ago, she gave birth to their love child. She also admitted that Blair and Max forged documents that falsely proved Max was Asa's son. Renee learned the truth years ago, but failed to tell Asa until now.

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