~HUNTER'S POV~
Walking behind Celine as we came down the marble staircase felt like the most natural thing in the world, even though everything about this moment was completely foreign to me.
I had never taken a woman on a proper date before—not like this, not with genuine intention behind it.
The women I had been with in the past had been transactions, arrangements, brief meetings that served a purpose and nothing more.
But watching Celine's nervous glances back at me, the way her fingers fidgeted with the fabric of that blue dress that made her look like she had stepped out of a dream, I realized I wanted this to be perfect for her. She deserved perfection.
Her beauty wasn't the polished, manufactured kind I was used to seeing at charity galas and business functions. It was someth
