Cheryl Cole's family warn her against Ashley

The 27-year-old star's mother Joan is reportedly concerned Cheryl - who divorced the England and Chelsea soccer player in September 2010 amid revelations he cheated on her with different women - is going to have her "heart broken" once again.

An insider told the Daily Mirror: "No one close to Cheryl wants her to get back with Ashley. They've started talking again and friends are terrified he'll worm his way back into her affections - and she'll take him back.

"Her family believe, once a cheat, always a cheat - and Ashley will go and break her heart again. She doesn't have a lot of friends and doesn't know who to trust. That's why she has resorted to her ex-husband."

Meanwhile, the 'Promise This' hitmaker's close friend and manager Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am is said to be "demanding" to know whether she is planning to get back together with her former spouse.

A source told The Sun: "She is blinded by the hope of a future with Ashley. Her mum has told her there's nothing more she can do. And will.i.am is demanding to know what's going on."

After feeling "abandoned" by her nearest and dearest, Cheryl has reportedly turned to Girls Aloud bandmate Kimberley Walsh for support.

The insider added: "Cheryl feels everyone has abandoned her. Her only friend is Kimberley - and sadly, Ashley."

Relationship expert Paul Watson has spent 25 years cultivating 'THE 1440 SYSTEM'. This compatibility system is a numerically based system that fuses the principles of Eastern and Western philosophies.

Paul, founder of somebodytolove.com, said: "I've always thought that it wasn't the end of the line for Cheryl and Ashley. They are 57 per cent compatible and will always be drawn to each other. You might not think it, but both are actually quite similar creatures - sociable types who share similar backgrounds and when they are together (and he's behaving) the pair of them would get on like a house on fire.

"The issue they have is that sensitive Cheryl places great emphasis on loyalty and there is no doubt that Ashley's indiscretion cut very deep.

"Cheryl's family would have been privy to the devastating effect Ashley's cheating had on her, so no surprises that they'd want her to stay away from him. Ashley's got a lot of making up to do in order to gain her trust and that of her family again, but the fundamental problem is Cheryl's a romantic and Ashley's not - choppy water ahead for these two."