My Fake Alpha Boyfriend

"I'm not your fucking mate," I hiss under my breath so other people can't hear me.
"Oh-kay, my fake mate then. We are supposed to make it look real, remember?" Ivy pouts.
"There is no 'we.' You are forcing me to play this game," I say grumpily.
"Heck, yes. And you need to be better at your acting job and pretend to be happy to see me," Ivy says, swinging her braid.
Ivy is wolfless, and she feels the weight of her pack's expectations on her shoulders. As a member of the Hidden Valley Pack, she's expected to find her fated mate and settle down. But even as Ivy approaches her twentieth birthday, she still hasn't found her mate, and her pack members are starting to question her, making her feel like a failure. Desperate to save face, she comes up with a plan to ask the handsome and popular college baseball player and pack Alpha, Ryder, to pretend to be her mate.
When Ivy approaches Ryder with her proposal, he initially scoffs at the idea. But Ivy knows that Ryder has a secret that could threaten his position as Alpha, and she uses this knowledge to her advantage. She makes a deal with Ryder: if he pretends to be her mate, she won't reveal his secret to the pack.