Days of Our Lives March 9th Recap: Maggie Shuts Down Bella Magazine as Alex Dreams of Being CEO

On the latest episode of Days of Our Lives, Alex Kiriakis daydreamed about being CEO and telling Stephanie Johnson to talk dirty to him, but Maggie Kiriakis kicked him out of her seat. Soon after, Maggie stunned Alex with the news that she was shutting down Bella Magazine for a tax write-off.

Although Alex insisted that was his baby and tried to convince Maggie that it had so much potential, Maggie said the decision had been made. As for Alex, Maggie was sure they could figure out another project for him to work on.

At The Spectator, Xander Cook moped over Sarah Horton’s picture on his phone, but he lied to Gwen Rizczech and claimed he was thinking about Maggie’s CEO takeover at Titan. After taking a phone call on the episode, Gwen gave Xander updates on the 20 percent increase in sales on their first issue. Subscriptions were through the rough – and they even outsold The Intruder.

Xander hugged Gwen as they celebrated, but Gwen took things a step further by kissing him passionately. When Xander pulled back, Gwen seemed embarrassed.

At the pub, Leo Stark urged Chad DiMera to give him the real story on how Maggie became CEO. It took some pushing, but Chad admitted Leo called attention to Alex’s wild personal life and that cost Alex the job. Leo realized this was about Alex being a “man whore” and quizzed Stephanie Johnson once she appeared.

Leo asked all kinds of questions about Stephanie’s breakup from Alex and whether he had cheated, so Chad blurted out the real reason for their split. Leo reeled over Alex shutting Stephanie’s phone off and making her miss the chance to say goodbye to dying Kayla Johnson. Although Leo tried to ask more questions, Stephanie and Chad shut him down.

Next, Stephanie demanded to know “what the hell” Chad was thinking. Chad was sorry for blurting all that out, but Stephanie remained upset since he let his emotions get in the way of his job. Stephanie also questioned if Chad was trying to sabotage things with their work at Titan so she wouldn’t have to be around Alex.

Once Stephanie stomped off, she literally ran into Alex in the park and apologized. Alex was sorry too since he was distracted. Stephanie found out about Maggie cutting Bella now that she was CEO. Alex felt that Maggie didn’t care about his opinions, but Stephanie thought he should fight for Bella if it was so important to him.

After Stephanie cooled off and returned to Chad, he offered a heartfelt apology and didn’t want to ruin the great thing they had going. Stephanie made it clear that she felt the same way as she took Chad’s hand.

Back at the Titan office, Xander got some quotes from Maggie and the promise of a more in-depth interview later. Maggie fished for info on Xander’s reconnection with Gwen, but he acted like he might never be over Sarah and didn’t want to lead Gwen on.

After Leo heard about Gwen’s kiss blunder, he gave her a pep talk. Leo thought Gwen and Xander would be madly in love and making beautiful babies together in no time, so Gwen wished she shared his optimism. When Xander showed back up on the episode, he wanted to talk to Gwen about their relationship.

As for Alex, he found Maggie’s office empty and sat in the CEO chair again. Alex called Victor since he was hoping they could have a little chat, so he was obviously gearing up for a pitch to save Bella.