"Well…" He paused, and then the rest of the words followed in a rush. "I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly."I waited for him to say something that made sense. The seconds ticked by.
"You know I don't have any idea what you mean," I eventually pointed out.
"I know." He smiled again, and then he changed the subject. "I think your friends are angry with me for stealing you.""They'll survive." I could feel their stares boring into my back.
"I may not give you back, though," he said with a wicked glint in his eyes.
I gulped.
He laughed. "You look worried." "No," I said, but, ridiculously, my voice broke. "Surprised, actually…what brought all this on?" "I told you — I got tired of trying to stay away from you. So I'm giving up." He was still smiling, but his ocher eyes were serious.
"Giving up?" I repeated in confusion.
"Yes — giving up trying to be good. I'm just going to do what I want now, and let the chips fall where they may." His smile faded as he explained, and a hard edge crept into his voice.
"You lost me again. "The breathtaking crooked smile reappeared.
"I always say too much when I'm talking to you — that's one of the problems." "Don't worry — I don't understand any of it," I said wryly.
"I'm counting on that." "So, in plain English, are we friends now?" "Friends…" he mused, dubious.
"Or not," I muttered.
Gulp 大口地吸
Wryly 挖苦地
“嗯……”他停顿了片刻，然后决定一口气把话说完。“我打定主意了，就算我这是在下地狱，我也要把这一切做完。”
我等着他说出意思更明确些的话。时间一分一秒地过去。
“你知道，我不明白你在说什么。”我最终还是指出来了。
“我知道。”他又笑了起来，然后转移了话题。“我觉得，因为我把你偷走了，你的朋友正在生我的气呢。”
“他们能活得下去。”我能感觉到他们烦人的目光直射着我的背。
“不过，我不打算把你还回去。”他说着，眼里闪过促狭的光芒。
我下意识地吞咽了一下。
他大笑起来：“你看起来很担心啊。” “不，”我说道，但可笑的是，我破音了。“确实，有点吃惊……是什么导致你改变了态度呢？”
“我告诉过你了——我厌倦了，不想再把自己从你身边赶走。所以我放弃了。”他还是微笑着，但他黑金色的眸子显得很认真。
“放弃？”我迷惑地重复着他的话。
“是的——放弃强迫自己循规蹈矩。现在我只想随心所欲地做自己想做的事，那些无关紧要的琐事就由它们去吧。”（and let the chips fall where they may. Edward啊，你还可以说得再隐晦点么？）他解释着，嘴角的笑意有些黯淡，某种生硬的味道在他的语气中蔓延开来。
“你又让我迷惑了。”
那抹险些就要消失的微笑重新浮现在弯弯的嘴角上。
“当我和你说话时，我说出口的永远比想要说的还多。——这实在是个问题。”
“不用担心——我一句都没听懂。”我挖苦道。
“我就指望着这点呢。”
“所以，用通用的英语来说的话，我们现在是朋友了吗？”
“朋友……”他露出不太确定的神情，若有所思地说。
“或者不是。”我低沉地说。
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