Singer Rihanna has discovered that the best way to recover from a very public scandal with your boyfriend is to take some time off. As an eyewitness tells Life & Style, that's exactly what she did last week. The singer was spotted taking some much-needed vacation time with friends in Mexico on Feb. 21.

"Rihanna arrived with five other people to stay in a private villa in Punta Mita," the eyewitness reveals. "The house was in a gated community and was very private." The villa, which has seven bedrooms and a private swimming pool and Jacuzzi, seems like the perfect place for a star like Rihanna to recuperate away from the public eye!

The eyewitness adds that the singer seems to be healing from her injuries quite well: "If you saw her, you wouldn't think anything had happened. There was no bruising that I could see." However, Rihanna definitely wanted to remain undercover. "She did not want to be seen," says the witness. "She never went on the beach and was either in the house or by the pool for most of the time."

But it seems that the songstress' mood was definitely bolstered by the vacation: "While she was there, she seemed happy. She was playing volleyball and having lunch poolside. She and her guests seemed to be having a good time!"

For more on Rihanna's ordeal, read the cover story in this week's Life & Style, on newsstands now!

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