Karrueche Tran may have publicly split from Chris Brown earlier this month after learning that her longtime boyfriend and "Loyal" rapper fathered a baby girl named Royalty who is now 9 months old with another woman. However, despite weeks of reports suggesting the duo have gone their separate ways, new claims allege that the former couple are back on speaking terms.

Urban Islandz reports that Brown and on-again, off-again girlfriend Tran are speaking to one another once again after weeks of the model ignoring the R&B star's calls.

Tran recently sat down with Oprah's OWN Network team to dish on her reaction and feelings towards Brown after learning about his daughter, however, with the special not airing until later this month, it has not been confirmed whether or not the model has hard feelings towards her ex.

Sources close to the couple reveal to the site that a mutual friend of Brown and Tran's has convinced the duo to get back on good terms after splitting publicly via social media.

"Karrueche Tran was determined to not speak with him and he was clearly torn up about it," the source confirms. "He grew very depressed and it was just sad to see him like that so one of their mutual friends reached out to Karrueche and that is how they started talking."

The source adds, "They are keeping things on the low because so much has been out there in the media already and Karrueche know that she will get some backlash if she goes back to him. At the end of the day it's her choice to make if she wants to get back together with Chris."

The news comes only a week after Brown was spotted meeting his daughter for the first time during a tour stop in Houston, Texas.

The "X" singer's body guard picked up daughter Royalty and baby mama Nia Amey and drove them to Brown's tour bus where they could all meet and bond with one another.

However, the source also alleges that if Tran is to come back into Brown's life, she will have to accept daughter Royalty as a part of their family

"Chris wants it to work out with Karrueche, but he's really focused on being a father and raising his daughter. Karrueche needs to understand that if she ever takes him back, which he wants, she's going to have to accept his daughter. She's not going anywhere. She will very much be a part of his life and so will Nia."

This article originally appeared on Fashionnstyle.com