<a class="Link" href="#">
  <span class="Link-title">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Laudantium sequi est similique natus alias. Velit provident corrupti asperiores maxime saepe aliquam atque laboriosam. Id incidunt iusto ea, voluptates velit sed?</span>
</a>

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  align-items: center;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
}

a, a:focus, a:hover, a:active, a:visited {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.Link {
  filter: drop-shadow(0 1em 1em rgba(#000, .16));
  font-size: 1rem;
  max-width: 25em;
  padding: 2em 2.4em;
  position: relative;
  transform: translateZ(0);
}

.Link::before,
.Link::after {
  background-color: #fff;
  border-radius: 3px;
  content: ' ';
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  transform-origin: right;
  transition: transform 500ms;
  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  top: 0; left: 0;
  z-index: -1;
}

.Link::after {
  background-color: #444;
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transition-duration: 450ms;
}

.Link-title {
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(0deg, #ddd, #000),
    linear-gradient(0deg, #fff, #fff),
  ;
  background-size: 0 2px, 0 100%;
  background-position: 8px calc(1em + 8px), 0 0;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  box-decoration-break: clone;
  display: inline;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: 300;
  padding: 6px 8px;
  margin-left: -8px;
  pointer-events: none;
  line-height: 1.75; 
  text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #fff, -1px 1px 0 #fff;
  transition: background ease-out 500ms;
}

.Link:hover > .Link-title {
  background-size: calc(100% - 16px) 2px, 100% 100%;
  transition-duration: 200ms;
}

.Link:hover::before {
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transition-duration: 450ms;
  transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
}

.Link:hover::after {
  transform:  scaleX(1);
  transition-duration: 700ms;
  transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
  transform-origin: left;
}