It was too easy to get wrapped up in our own private, tense little bubble.
我们太容易陷入我们两人私有的世界里，这是紧绷的气氛带来的少许幻觉。
"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，你对我的喜欢比我对你的还要多吗？”他低声说着，说话间他向我靠得更近了，他黑金色的眼眸极具穿透力。
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。我不得不看向别处，直到我重又开始呼吸为止。
"You're doing it again," I muttered.
“你又来了。”我低声抱怨道。
His eyes opened wide with surprise. "What?"
他的眼睛因为惊讶而睁大了。“什么？”
"Dazzling me," I admitted, trying to concentrate as I looked back at him.
“把我迷得晕头转向。”我坦白道。当我再次看向他时，我努力让自己集中精神。
"Oh." He frowned.
“哦。”他皱起眉。
"It's not your fault," I sighed. "You can't help it."
“这不是你的错。”我叹息道。“你没法控制这个。”
"Are you going to answer the question?"
“你打算回答我的问题了吗？”
I looked down. "Yes."
我低下头。“是的。”
"Yes, you are going to answer, or yes, you really think that?" He was irritated again.
“是的，你正准备回答，或者是的，你确实是这样认为的？”他再次烦躁起来。
"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，我确实这样认为。”我继续低头看着桌面，我的目光描摹着喷绘在三合板上的人造木纹的图案。沉默仍在延续着。这次我固执地拒绝成为第一个打破沉默的人，艰难地与偷瞄他的神情的诱或斗争着。
Finally he spoke, voice velvet soft. "You're wrong."
最终，他说话了，声音像天鹅绒一样柔软：“你错了。”
I glanced up to see that his eyes were gentle.
我抬起头，看见了他温柔的眼眸。
"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.
“你不会知道那种事的。”我耳语着，不同意他的观点。我怀疑着摇了摇头，尽管我的心为他的话悸动着，我是那么的想要相信他的话。
"What makes you think so?" His liquid topaz eyes were penetrating — trying futilely, I assumed, to lift the truth straight from my mind.
“是什么让你这样想的？”他清澈如黄水晶般的眼眸十分锐利——我认为，是在徒劳地尝试着，直接从我的心里挖出真相。
《暮光之城》与图书题目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列别具匠心的封面设计则很好地传达出了每本书内在的深远寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅尔指出《暮色》封面上的苹果代表“创世纪” 内善恶树上的禁果。象征贝拉和爱德华之间人类与吸血鬼禁忌的爱恋。在书的开头引用了“创世纪”217页的内容：“只是分别善恶树上的果子，你不可吃，因为你吃的日子必定死。”这同时也代表了贝拉如何分辨善恶——选择是否吃下那颗禁忌的果实，这比喻了选择跟爱德华在一起或远离他。
