Chris Brown, Rihanna Secretly Hooking Up for the Past Year

Shortly after reports that they exchanged “I Love Yous” on Twitter comes word that Chris Brown and Rihanna are still together. In fact, they have been keeping up a “clandestine relationship” for the past year, it has emerged.

February 2012 marks 3 years since the incident that ended their romance, when Chris lashed out at Rihanna and, in a fit of rage, beat her to a pulp.

Despite this and despite the fact that she's been warned to stay away from Chris, Us Weekly reports, Rihanna simply doesn't know how to quit him.

To make matters even worse, he's already in a relationship, which means he's cheating on that woman, an aspiring model, with RiRi.

“It turns out that the exes – forcibly separated after the beating by court order – could very well be spending that 'anniversary' together. As multiple sources confirm in the new Us Weekly, Rihanna, 23, and Brown, 22, have secretly been hooking up for nearly a year,” the celebrity magazine writes.

The spies claim that Rihanna feels there's danger to dating Chris, especially if they're doing it without the world knowing, and this is what attracts her to the relationship.

Understandably, friends are worried that things might turn violent once more.

“[They] meet up very casually. She comes to see him anytime she’s in LA. They can’t get enough of each other. I don’t see it ending well,” says one such unnamed spy.

“Rihanna loves to live dangerously, and talking to and hooking up with Chris is all part of that,” another insider explains.

Contacted for comment, Chris' rep tell Us Weekly that the singer is faithful to his new girlfriend, Karrueche Tran.

“He and Rihanna are just friends. He’s not cheating,” says the publicist.

To add even more fuel to the fire that's burning brightly, after photos of Chris Brown with Kerrueche on New Year's Eve emerged online, Rihanna cryptically tweeted, “How can you lie to her, while u lay with me???.....If you don't have an answer, you don't have to answer.”