"[Rihanna] did meet with Chris in a Burbank restaurant the other day ... a place not even the sharpest paparazzi would think of ... Both Rihanna and Chris Brown changed cars twice, in enclosed parking garages, just to throw the paparazzi off so they couldn't follow them."

According to the source, Rihanna "is still trying to figure out a way to go public with Chris, but in a way people will be cool with."