Beautiful Mistake: Love Comes and Goes

"Hmm..."

In the quiet morning, a faint moan broke the silence.

Cheryl Naylor was half-asleep. All of a sudden, she felt something cover her mouth, and a sense of heat and inexplicable desire spread all over her body.

Just then, a pair of big hands lifted the hem of her nightdress and gently caressed her skin, igniting her desire even more.

Cheryl finally woke up and met the man's charming gaze. His eyes were full of emotions that she could not understand.

"Jarred, you're back..."

As soon as she finished her sentence, Cheryl bit her lower lip tightly.

Her soft and raspy voice sounded unusually alluring.

Jarred Fuller looked at her hungrily and said in a low voice, "Why don't you go back to sleep?"

"You woke me up."

"Then don't sleep," the man said impatiently.

Cheryl closed her eyes. She could hear his heavy breathing.

And she could feel his lips making their way down her neck. Then, Jarred bit her collarbone, as though to mark her.

Cheryl winced slightly and murmured, "It hurts..."

She had never seen him so rough in bed before, and she wondered if he was going to devour her alive.

Jarred stopped in his tracks and all his anger dissipated. He gently nibbled on her lips and gave her a deep kiss.

The kiss was so passionate that Cheryl nearly suffocated.

She subconsciously wrapped her arms around Jarred's neck, clinging to him as if she was about to drown and he was her sole lifesaver.

But Jarred allowed Cheryl to sink to the bottom of the ocean of desire.

Cheryl lay limply in Jarred's arms, and before she knew it, her nightdress was taken off.

Their bodies were entangled. The air in the room was thick with intoxication.

Jarred exuded an aura so intoxicating that Cheryl felt like she was drinking fine wine.

Her eyes sparkled with desire, and she kissed him back.

Jarred's burning hot palm ran over Cheryl's slender waist and he suddenly climbed on top of her. It seemed that he was eager to possess her in order to soothe his heavy and uneasy heart.

The pain sobered Cheryl up.

Her heart banging against her chest echoed in her ears, followed by the doctor's words from the day before: "In the early stage of pregnancy, you must abstain from sex."

As she recalled this, her heart sank and she pushed Jarred off of her.

"Jarred, we can't..." She bit her lip. She had wanted to say that she was pregnant.

In fact, she was going to share this good news with Jarred last night, but he never came home.

The two had gotten married in order to fulfill his grandmother's last wish.

But it was the first time that Jarred had stayed out all night since they got married three years ago.

Cheryl's mind was preoccupied with the news, so she didn't think about his absence too much. What she cared about was that they were finally having a child.

Although the marriage she had dreamed of didn't start off with love, at least she knew what it felt like to have a family.

Although Jarred never said those sweet three words, he was a very considerate husband in all aspects.

Now that they were expecting a child, she believed that their life would be even more fulfilling. But she had to be careful not to hurt the child in her womb now.

Consumed by lust, Jarred tried to get close to Cheryl again, but she shrank away from him subconsciously. She put her hands on his shoulder, her nails nearly digging into his flesh.

The faint sting and the clear resistance put Jarred in his place.

The memory that Jarred wanted to erase reared its ugly head in his mind again.

The lust in his eyes died down, replaced with an icy coldness. "You're refusing me?"

"Let go of me first," Cheryl said warily. She felt that Jarred was acting a little weird today.

The dim light outlined Jarred's delicate features and attractive lips. He looked particularly charming in that moment.

With a sullen look in his eyes, Jarred seemed to think about something and he loosened his grip around Cheryl.

Then, Cheryl turned away from Jarred.

Brimming with excitement, Cheryl leaned over to get the pregnancy test report from the bedside desk.

But before she could turn around and show her husband the good news, she heard him say something that knocked the air out of her lungs.

"I want a divorce, Cheryl."

Cheryl's body instantly went stiff. Only her hand, which was holding the document pouch, trembled slightly.

The room was so quiet that they could've heard a pin drop.

The sound of a phone buzzing broke the suffocating silence.

In a daze, Cheryl looked down at her phone, on which a message from her best friend, Sheila Goodwin, was displayed.

"I saw Jarred and Ines at the art exhibition today! You should keep an eye out for them. Don't let Ines steal your husband!"

Cheryl's long and delicate eyelashes quivered, covering her tearful eyes.

A bitter smile tugged at the corners of her lips.

So that was why she felt that there was something off about Jarred today. No wonder he didn't come home last night...

Now, the truth was revealed.

But what could she do?

She was losing her beloved husband.

Cheryl squeezed her eyes shut, trying hard to hold back her tears.

She felt as though a knife was stabbing her heart, but she smiled faintly. "Divorce... Is it because of Ines?"

Looking at Cheryl's calm expression, Jarred fell unusually silent.

After a while, he finally answered, "Yes. I promised Ines I'd marry her."

He spoke slowly, and every word was another stab to Cheryl's heart.

Cheryl felt her soul leaving her body. Then, all at once, she felt excruciating pain.

The pain was so intense that she could hardly breathe.

Before getting married, Cheryl knew about Jarred's ex-girlfriend, Ines Sampson, whom he loved and cherished very much. At the time, she had envied Ines.

Therefore, when Jarred's grandfather suddenly met her and proposed a marriage between her and Jarred, although she yearned for it, she had refused because she knew Jarred would never agree.

Unexpectedly, one day, Jarred came to Cheryl himself and declared that he would marry her.

Cheryl couldn't believe her ears. She had no idea why Jarred agreed, but she loved him so she didn't try to dissuade him. She had liked Jarred ever since childhood. She couldn't think of any reason to refuse him.

And after getting married, Jarred seemed to have changed a lot. His walls fell down and he cared about her deeply.

Cheryl was so immersed in the illusory tenderness that she almost forgot that he had never loved her.

Now, she was rudely awoken from her dream.

With her trembling hands, Cheryl tried her best to suppress her grief.

She lowered her head and said nothing. From Jarred's perspective, she looked exceptionally calm and unbothered even.

"What're you holding?" Only then did Jarred notice the document pouch with the hospital's logo in Cheryl's hand.

"Are you sick?"

Seeing that Cheryl didn't respond, Jarred reached out to take the document in her hand.

He was getting closer and closer. Cheryl stared at him blankly, and for a moment, she wanted to dodge. He was about to divorce her, and it had nothing to do with him whether she was sick or not. After all, someone else occupied his heart.

But before she could think too much, Jarred had taken the document pouch out of her hand.

Cheryl finally came to her senses. This was her pregnancy test result, which contained the surprise that she wanted to share with him yesterday.

Cheryl suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.

When Jarred found out that they were expecting a child, would he change his mind about the divorce?

Cheryl knew that although Jarred looked aloof, he wasn't a ruthless man. No matter how immersed he was in his lust, if she was uncomfortable, he would restrain himself and be tender to her.

Seeing that the document pouch was about to be opened, Cheryl nervously clenched her fists so tightly that her fingernails dug into her palms.

"Ping!" A shrill ringtone interrupted them at that critical moment.

It was Jarred's phone. His number was kept under wraps, and very few people had the privilege of knowing it.

Sure enough, Jarred stopped what he was doing and answered the phone first.

So answering this phone was more important than everything, right? Cheryl released her clenched fists.

"Hello?" Holding the document pouch in his hand, Jarred answered the phone in an indifferent tone.

"Mr. Fuller, Miss Sampson's on the balcony and she refuses to come inside. She's also in a bad mood."

The caller was a maid who took care of Ines. Her tone was very serious.

"I'm worried that she's considering suicide."

Jarred's eyes instantly darkened. "Give her the phone."

"Yes, Mr. Fuller."

After a rustling sound, a sad, feminine voice sounded on the other end of the line.

"Jarred..."

"The wind is strong. Go inside now."

While Jarred might've been frowning, his tone of voice was gentle and tender.

"Ines, please be a good girl. For me."

Cheryl's heart dropped to her stomach as she heard this.

She couldn't even begin to describe how it felt to hear her husband coax another woman in front of her.

Cheryl smiled bitterly. She felt like such a joke as she lay on the big bed, but she didn't have the strength to get up, as if a boulder weighing a ton was dropped on her chest.

They hadn't divorced yet, but Jarred already cared so deeply about another woman.

So what about Cheryl? What was she to Jarred?

Cheryl could no longer bear Jarred's ruthlessness.

She buried her face in her palms and her whole body trembled.

But Jarred didn't notice at all. His sole focus was on the sad woman on the other end of the line.

"Jarred, I'm sorry!

Saving my life was unnecessary! I can't have children anymore!

I can never have a child with you..."

Ines couldn't continue. She was too choked with sobs.

Hearing Ines crying, Jarred rubbed his aching temples. He had never even considered having a child with Ines. Even though he had decided to marry her now, it was only because she had saved his life before.

He tried to comfort her. "Don't worry. I've never thought about having a child."

"You... Don't lie to me... You're the CEO of the Fuller Group. How could you not have a successor?" Ines wailed.

"I don't even like children. Don't think too much. Now, be a good girl and go inside. Let the maid take care of you."

Jarred wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible. He still wanted to find out why Cheryl had gone to the hospital.

Unfortunately, he didn't catch the desperate look on Cheryl's face after he said that.

Cheryl had clung to the small hope that their marriage would be saved due to her pregnancy.

But now, she thought that she was so stupid!

If Jarred found out that she was pregnant, he might force her to have an abortion so as to protect Ines.

As she thought about this, Cheryl's heart sank. She couldn't let him know that she was pregnant!