• March 17, 2008
• Vol. 69
• No. 10

Rihanna & Chris Kiss Kiss

After Months of Flirty Denials, the Hot Young R&B Stars Reveal Their Romance with a Paris Rendezvous, a $50,000 Necklace—and Matching Tattoos

In the grand tradition of secret celebrity romance, Rihanna and Chris Brown insist they're "just friends." Friends who hold hands and snuggle. At the V.I.P Room in Paris March 1, Rihanna, 20, and Brown, 18, looked "very much in love. They danced and cuddled in a quiet corner," an onlooker tells PEOPLE. Adds another: "They seemed like they were alone in their own world." No matter where in the world. "He's traveled all over to be with Rihanna," says a source of their recent jaunts to Jamaica and Europe. "He's really into her."

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Tokens of His Affection?

Chris Brown isn't one for small gestures. On Feb. 11 he bought Rihanna two major pieces of bling—including a $50,000 ruby-and-diamond pendant (right)—from Jason of Beverly Hills. "Chris was like, 'I gotta have this,'" says the jeweler. Then there's the matching tattoos. Rihanna had hers first; Brown got his last fall. Was he trying to tell her their romance was in the stars?