Hi @lorentracy,
Is it perhaps something like this that you’re looking for?
http://hover-only-button.webflow.io/
https://preview.webflow.com/preview/hover-only-button?preview=538fbf6f1ba4c91662eae6fc5dce47e4
This puts a wrapper around a button bg and button txt, so the bg can scale independently from the text. It doesn’t use a border.