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It was too easy to get wrapped up in our own private, tense little bubble.
我們太容易陷入我們兩人私有的世界里，這是緊繃的氣氛帶來的少許幻覺。
"Do you truly believe that you care more for me than I do for you?" he murmured, leaning closer to me as he spoke, his dark golden eyes piercing.
“你真的相信，你對我的喜歡比我對你的還要多嗎？”他低聲說著，說話間他向我靠得更近了，他黑金色的眼眸極具穿透力。
I tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me.
我努力想要回想起如何呼吸。我不得不看向別處，直到我重又開始呼吸為止。
"You're doing it again," I muttered.
“你又來了。”我低聲抱怨道。
His eyes opened wide with surprise. "What?"
他的眼睛因為驚訝而睜大了。“什么？”
"Dazzling me," I admitted, trying to concentrate as I looked back at him.
“把我迷得暈頭轉向。”我坦白道。當我再次看向他時，我努力讓自己集中精神。
"Oh." He frowned.
“哦。”他皺起眉。
"It's not your fault," I sighed. "You can't help it."
“這不是你的錯。”我嘆息道。“你沒法控制這個。”
"Are you going to answer the question?"
“你打算回答我的問題了嗎？”
I looked down. "Yes."
我低下頭。“是的。”
"Yes, you are going to answer, or yes, you really think that?" He was irritated again.
“是的，你正準備回答，或者是的，你確實是這樣認為的？”他再次煩躁起來。
"Yes, I really think that." I kept my eyes down on the table, my eyes tracing the pattern of the faux wood grains printed on the laminate. The silence dragged on. I stubbornly refused to be the first to break it this time, fighting hard against the temptation to peek at his expression.
“是的，我確實這樣認為。”我繼續低頭看著桌面，我的目光描摹著噴繪在三合板上的人造木紋的圖案。沉默仍在延續著。這次我固執地拒絕成為第一個打破沉默的人，艱難地與偷瞄他的神情的誘或斗爭著。
Finally he spoke, voice velvet soft. "You're wrong."
最終，他說話了，聲音像天鵝絨一樣柔軟：“你錯了。”
I glanced up to see that his eyes were gentle.
我抬起頭，看見了他溫柔的眼眸。
"You can't know that," I disagreed in a whisper. I shook my head in doubt, though my heart throbbed at his words and I wanted so badly to believe them.
“你不會知道那種事的。”我耳語著，不同意他的觀點。我懷疑著搖了搖頭，盡管我的心為他的話悸動著，我是那么的想要相信他的話。
"What makes you think so?" His liquid topaz eyes were penetrating — trying futilely, I assumed, to lift the truth straight from my mind.
“是什么讓你這樣想的？”他清澈如黃水晶般的眼眸十分銳利——我認為，是在徒勞地嘗試著，直接從我的心里挖出真相。
《暮光之城》
與圖書題目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列別具匠心的封面設計則很好地傳達出了每本書內在的深遠寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅爾指出《暮色》封面上的蘋果代表“創世紀” 內善惡樹上的禁果。象征貝拉和愛德華之間人類與吸血鬼禁忌的愛戀。在書的開頭引用了“創世紀”217頁的內容：“只是分別善惡樹上的果子，你不可吃，因為你吃的日子必定死。”這同時也代表了貝拉如何分辨善惡——選擇是否吃下那顆禁忌的果實，這比喻了選擇跟愛德華在一起或遠離他。
