CHAPTER 28 RIPPER'S POV. I hated all of these events. I hated the tux, and I hated the fancy shoes that I had to wear whenever I went out to occasions like this. But oddly, as it may sound, I didn’t feel that way today. I'm excited to be going out with Dove. The urge to flaunt her to everyone and call her mine was overwhelming. I spotted Dove the moment she stepped out, and everything in me went still. The house behind her, from which she had just come out, faded. The evening air faded... hell, the entire damn world narrowed down to the slow, unhurried way she strutted toward me. Goodness, that dress….. My eyes wouldn’t stop looking at her. Heavens, the way it clung to her! The satin hugged her curves… The dress didn't hide her one bit. Instead, it suggested her. The faint transpar

