Can you fake a relationship... with your mate?

Andy is the only one of his brothers who hasn't met his mate yet, and he doesn't expect it to happen anytime soon. What would be the odds? So he's stunned when he meets Claude and realizes he just did.

Claude had no idea what he was getting into when he agreed to go to a birthday party. He didn't expect his boss and father figure to tell him that he, his family, and his son-in-law's family are all shifters.

Claude has a hard time believing shifters are a thing outside romance novels, so Andy decides to wait to tell him about their bond. Then Claude asks him to be his fake boyfriend at a work event, and Andy can't say no. He hopes the experience will pull them together, but Claude has erected a hard shell around his heart, and he's not about to break it down.

Claude is done with relationships, so why does he want to give in to Andy? Why is he tempted to put his heart in jeopardy once again when he swore he'd never allow another man to make him vulnerable and hurt him?

Will Andy be the one to break down Claude's walls and convince him to trust his heart, or will he fail and find himself rejected by his mate?