There is an alpha male in my social circle who beat me to a girl. This girl showed interest in me, but I was let’s say to late to the party and he ended up hooking up with her. Now when we are all around each other he keeps treating me like a lesser man in front of people. I can’t really defend myself without projecting a sense of my ego being hurt or my frame being broken. How do I go about handling this?

Edit: Thanks for all the great replies everyone. Hopefully others can learn from this as well. Cheers.