Rihanna and Chris Brown send 'love' tweets

By Nadia Mendoza

Last updated at 4:46 PM on 31st December 2011

Most people move forwards at New Year, but it seems Rihanna might be moving backwards.

Speculation is rife that the Russian Roulette singer is rekindling her romance with Chris Brown, following a series of cryptic messages on Twitter.

While the pair have not directly tweeted each other, they both wrote declarations of love on Thursday which appear to be in response to one another.

Miles apart, but joined at the heart? Rihanna spent Christmas in Barbados, while Chris Brown was in LA

Cryptic: Rihanna wrote 'I'll always love you #1LOVE' on her Twitter page on Thursday

Response: Chris Brown appeared to reply to Rihanna, writing 'Love U more than u know!'

The Kiss Kiss star, 22, kicked off proceedings with a tweet saying: 'Love U more than u know!'

Barbadian beauty Ri! hanna ap peared to reply two minutes later, saying: 'I'll always love u #1LOVE.'

The 23-year-old has been soaking up the Christmas sunshine in her native island country following her mammoth Loud Tour, while ex-boyfriend Brown spent the holidays in Beverly Hills.

While there is thought to be no direct link between the tweets, fans have worked themselves into a frenzy and are wondering if the couple are back together.

Former couple: Rihanna and Chris performed at Madison Square Garden in New York in December 2008

Eking out the guessing game, Rihanna then tweeted today: 'What a bad little girl I am #BAD #BAD'

When a fan quizzed about her new year resolutions, she replied saying she is looking for a man.

Cheeky Rihanna wrote: '@eRIRIcccccc Same as the last 5yrs, lose weight, get a man, make mo $$! My resolution should be to find a new one tbh!'

The couple, who dated for two years, split in 2009 after Brown violently assaulted Rihanna, for which he was convicted and sentenced to five years of probation and six months of community service.

In February of that year, the Grammy-winner was scheduled to perform at the Grammy Awards, but had to cancel at the last minute due to the altercation with her then-boyfriend.

A leaked photograph from the Los Angeles Police Department showed Rihanna with a bruised and beaten face, which she later spoke about on US show Good Morning.

Earlier this year, Rihanna relaxed the conditions of a restraining order against Brown.

She was also linked to handsome model Dudley O'Shaughnessy who starred in the music video for her No1 hit We Found Love.

od night, then? Rihanna couldn't stop smiling as she left Mahiki with Dudley O'Shaughnessy in October

Art imitating life? Rihanna and Dudley alluded to her abusive relationship with Brown in We Found Love video