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I started to step around him, heading for the driver's side. He might have let me pass if I hadn't wobbled slightly. Then again, he might not have. His arm created an inescapable snare around my waist.
我開始繞過他，徑直向駕駛座走去。他原本也許會讓我過去的，如果我沒有輕微地晃蕩了一下的話。然后我又晃了一下，他不會讓我過去了。他的胳膊環住了我的腰，變成了一個無法逃脫的圈套。
"Bella, I've already expended a great deal of personal effort at this point to keep you alive. I'm not about to let you behind the wheel of a vehicle when you can't even walk straight. Besides, friends don't let friends drive drunk," he quoted with a chuckle. I could smell the unbearably sweet fragrance coming off his chest.
“貝拉，我已經花費了大量的個人努力，只是為了讓你活著。我不打算在你甚至無法沿直線走路的時候，讓你坐到一輛卡車的方向盤后面。還有，是朋友就不要讓她酒后駕車。”他輕笑著，引用那句公益廣告說道。我能聞到從他的胸膛散發出來的那股無法抵抗的甜膩的芳香。
"Drunk?" I objected.
“酒后？”我伉儀道。
"You're intoxicated by my very presence." He was grinning that playful smirk again.
“你陶醉在我不同尋常的表現中。”他又一次露出了那個饒有趣味的壞笑。
"I can't argue with that," I sighed. There was no way around it; I couldn't resist him in anything. I held the key high and dropped it, watching his hand flash like lightning to catch it soundlessly. "Take it easy — my truck is a senior citizen."
“我不能反駁這一點。”我嘆息說。沒有辦法繞過這一點。我在任何事情上都無法拒絕他。我高舉起鑰匙，松開手讓它落下來，看著他的手閃電般地掠過，無聲地抓住它。“當心點——我的車可是上了年紀的。”
"Very sensible," he approved.
“非常明智。”他滿意地說道。
"And are you not affected at all?" I asked, irked. "By my presence?"
“你就不受任何影響嗎？”我苦惱地問道。“對我的存在？”
Again his mobile features transformed, his expression became soft, warm. He didn't answer at first; he simply bent his face to mine, and brushed his lips slowly along my jaw, from my ear to my chin, back and forth. I trembled.
又一次，他易變的表情又改變了，他的神情變得溫和起來。起初他并沒有回答。他只是把臉俯向我的臉，用他的唇慢慢地拂過我的下頜，從耳后一路吻到下巴，往返流連。我顫抖起來。
"Regardless," he finally murmured, "I have better reflexes."
“無論如何，”他最終喃喃低語道，“我能更好地應對。”
《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。
