David came home to his empty apartment feeling agitated and jumpy. As soon as he walked in the door he knew it had been a mistake to have come home but he was too exhausted emotionally to go out anywhere. As he walked in the bedroom he spied his exercise machine; maybe if he worked out he could tire out his body enough to sleep. Sleep hadn't been his friend lately and he was feeling cranky and out of sorts. David threw his office attire off, and climbed on the machine hoping the exercise would also clear his mind. After a few arm crunches he knew this had been a mistake as he began to remember the last time he had used the equipment.

He had come home from the office that day feeling angry and tense. He couldn't believe that she had embarrassed him in the office in front of the whole staff. Things had been going well between then or so he thought. Even though they hadn't announced to the staff they were sleeping together it didn't seem they were hiding it from them either. David had felt on top of the world. Maddie seemed to actually want their relationship to work; seemed she was finally taking him seriously. Maybe that's why the words she had used in their argument had cut him to the bone. They were arguing, like they'd done countless times before, about whether to take a case. The case was about some woman who wanted to follow her grown son and Maddie felt it was distasteful. Anyway, as the argument got louder and more intense she had thrown some barbs his way that had really hurt.

"David Addison you are a damn idiot!" She had screamed at him causing the entire staff to look their way and stop what they were doing. All eyes were on them as they stood outside her office fighting about the case. "Sometimes I still don't know why I ever keep this damn agency open."

David felt like he'd been slammed in the stomach. How can that thought still be in her head? I guess her former life would always mean more to her than he ever could. Guess she would never be completely happy with him.

David just stared at her masking his hurt "You do huh?"

Maddie was on a roll and couldn't stop the words rolling off her tongue. "Maybe if I had a partner that would agree with me once in a while instead of doing everything he can to sabotage my authority around here I would feel differently!" She told him fuming. "You do nothing. Nothing to make me happy around here!" The minute the words left her mouth she knew she had set herself up and this made her angrier.

"Really?" David drawled ' That's not what you told me last night. "

"Another mistake" she practically hissed.

David felt his temper rise. He was a patient man and had taken enough of Maddie Hayes' humiliations and barbs over the years but this pierced him to his core. A mistake? She still thought of them as a mistake? Before he said something he would surely regret he slammed out of Blue Moon.

Later that night he was trying to diffuse his anger on his exercise machine. He was still smarting from the words Maddie had thrown at him so at first when be heard her voice he thought it was in his mind. He opened his eyes to see Maddie standing before him, wearing her usual 'visiting David' outfit of an overcoat over her nightgown. He really had little to say to her. She had embarrassed him in front of the employees. But that wasn't what hurt him the most. According to her keeping the agency open was a mistake and worst of all so was he.

Maddie knew she had been dead wrong about what she had said to David this afternoon; especially in front of the workers. He had the knack of making her do things, say things, she couldn't control. He had to know she hadn't meant what she had said.

"David we need to talk."

"Go away Maddie" he told her in any icy voice.

"David I'm sorry" she looked into the green glaciers that were his eyes. He turned away and continued exercising.

Maddie began to pace in front of him. "I don't know why I said those things today." She tried to explain in a plaintive tone. "I didn't mean any of it."
David was not making it easy for her; he was practically ignoring her. Maddie sat down on his bed as she tried to collect her thoughts. She watched David from the corner of her eye. Clad only in his boxers with his muscles rippling from his exercise routine; his body covered in a light sweat, Maddie felt desire well up in her body. Why did she say he was a mistake when she knew she loved him; wanted him?

"David please listens to me!" Maddie got up from the bed and approached him David kept up his routine tuning her out. Now she wanted to talk? Well he didn't. He continued to ignore her as she told him how angry she had been; how the words had just ran ahead of her brain. Even though she thought he wasn't paying attention David heard every word. Because she said she was sorry he was just supposed to forget what she had said; especially in front of the wobblies? She really was a piece of work. He watched her remove her coat and toss it on his bed. She was wearing one if her sexiest nightgowns; a short, red, lacy number that was practically see through. David swallowed hard as he saw she was wearing nothing underneath.

Even though he was still angry David reached out and pulled her into his lap; other emotions began to course through his body pushing the anger aside... Maddie sighed as she fell into his lap as she felt his hardness pressing against her. She wiggled on top of him causing David to groan aloud.

Maddie felt David's tongue gently licking the spot on the back of her neck that drove her wild as she reached for his hardness. She felt David's body jerk as her hands stoked him in the way she knew he loved.

"I have to punish you Maddie for being a bad girl." He whispered into her ear; his breathe like a caress. His hands began to roam over her body causing her pulse to quicken. "You're gonna get a spanking tonight."

David tuned Maddie over his lap with her backside facing him. Slowly his fingers pulled up the nightgown; playing over her legs and between her legs till she was squirming as her wetness spread over his legs. David thought he might explode as he took his left hand and began to gently slap Maddie on her rear end. "Did I hurt you?" He asked as his hand began to massage her gently. "Maybe I should kiss it to make it feel better" and he did...

David felt his hand working overtime as he recalled the wild events of that night.

There had to be some way to get than damn woman out of his mind. He thought about going out and getting laid but something held him back. Would it be cheating? He didn't think so; but he still didn't feel ok with it. Instead he spent his nights hanging either working with Viola or hanging with his friends at the bar or bowling alley and trying to get drunk enough to pass out; just to wake up and do it again the next day.

Business at Blue Moon was running smoothly. He had delegated some work to Jamie and Ferguson; as he spent his days working with Viola. It was an ache in his heart working without Maddie. He missed her more and more every day. After his sexy flashback, David decided to call her. So she got mad; he had to hear her voice and maybe; just maybe, he could convince her to come home. He would call her the next day. Yes, he would.

Maddie had spent a semi enjoyable evening with Sam the night before. She had forgotten what it was like to be with a nice safe man. There was no passion, no heat, and right now she was happy with that. Sam didn't make her feel like she was falling off a cliff into the abyss below. He didn't make her feel like she was losing control. Truthfully, he didn't make her feel much of anything. For now, she was fine with that. When Sam asked her to spend the day with him she had agreed. He was a friend and it would do her good to get out of the house. Maddie didn't realize that Sam still believed she would agree to marry him. She really thought he realized that she belonged to David. She had hinted at their relationship many times the previous night; Sam chose to ignore them. He figured that without David's influence he could get Maddie to fall for him. He planned to take Maddie for a leisurely lunch at one of Chicago's finest restaurants and then maybe take a long walk along Lake Michigan and through Lincoln Park. He had plans for Maddie Hayes.

Sam picked Maddie up at noon. He was dressed in neatly pressed Dockers and a button down shirt. No tight jeans and t-shirts for Sam, Maddie thought as she got into his car. Sam was always dressed neatly and stylishly; unlike David who always looked a bit scruffy a bit wrinkled; and w whole lot of sexy. Maddie missed David with all her heart. Why was she here with Sam when she should be with David? What was wrong with her?

David spent the morning fretting about calling Maddie. He was feeling unsure of what to do by the light of day. Finally after weighing the pros and cons he decided to throw caution to the wind and call Maddie in Chicago. He needed to hear her voice; he needed some reassurance that she was still thinking there was a future for them.

David reached the Hayes' maid. 'Can I speak to Maddie please?" David asked nervously. He hated the way he sounded; like a school boy he thought unhappily.

'Miss Hayes no here now." Juanita told him in her broken English.

He wouldn't leave a message. 'Do you know when she will be back?" he asked the maid.

'I don't know she go with Mr. Crawford for day." Wait, did he hear her wrong? He must have. Maybe it was the language barrier. David's heart was in his throat as he asked a question he wasn't sure he wanted answered. "Maddie is with Sam? Sam Crawford?"

'Si, yes. Sam Crawford. They go out all day." She told David as he felt his heart shatter into a thousand pieces.