Dillagi

Dillagi_Part 9

Chairman ki us call ne unke is haseen lamhe ko ek dum se jhatka diya tha. Chalein dekhte hain ke ab kya naya toofan unke samne aane wala hai.

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Zaviyar ne jaise hi call uthayi, chairman ki gusse se bhari aur sakht aawaaz goonji. "Zaviyar! Tum is waqt kahan ho aur kis ke sath ho? Mujhe sab pata chal chuka hai! Tum ne us mamooli PA ke liye Natasha par chori ka ilzam lagaya aur use zaleel kiya? Natasha ke baap hamare sab se bade business partner hain, aur unho ne gusse mein hamari saari deals cancel karne ki dhamki di hai!" Zaviyar ne apni bheenchi hui muthiyon ko dekha aur narm lekin thos aawaaz mein kaha, "Dad, Natasha ne galti ki thi aur maine sirf sach ka sath diya."

"Mujhe tumhare sach se koi lena dena nahi hai! Mujhe business chahiye!" Chairman ne chillate hue kaha. "Natasha ke baap ki shart hai ke agar tum is deal ko bachana chahte ho, to tumhein Meerab ko fauran job se nikalna hoga aur Natasha se maafi mangni hogi. Aur suno, unho ne tumhare aur Natasha ke rishte ki bhee baat ki hai. Tumhein haan karni hogi, warna main tumhein company ke CEO ke ohde se abhi isi waqt barkhast (terminate) kar dunga!" Call achanak kat gayi. Zaviyar ne gehri saans li, us ka chehra tana hua tha aur us ke paon tale se zameen khisak chuki se lag rahi thi.

Meerab ne jo thodi boht aawaaz suni thi, us se wo poora maamla samajh gayi thi. Us ka dil dukh se bhar gaya, aur us ki aankhon mein aansoo aa gaye. Us ne aahista se Zaviyar ke haath se apna haath chudaya. "Sir... aap ko meri wajah se apna ohda aur apni company khone ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Main kal hi apna resignation (istifa) de dungi. Aap apna rishta bhee bacha lein aur apni deal bhee," Meerab ne rote hue kaha aur tezi se wahan se jaane lagi.

Lekin Zaviyar ne tezi se aage barh kar us ka baazu pakad liya aur use apni taraf khincha. Us ki aankhon mein is waqt ek alag hi deewangi thi. "Tumhein kya lagta hai, Meerab? Main is be-jaan kursi aur chand karoron ki deals ke liye us larki ko apni zindagi se jaane dunga jo mere dil mein dharakti hai?" Zaviyar ne us ki aankhon mein dekhte hue kaha. "Maine tum se kaha tha na ke jab tak main hoon, tum par koi aanch nahi aane dunga. Agar dad ko lagta hai ke wo mujhe CEO ki kursi se dara sakte hain, to unhe galatfehmi hai."

Meerab hairat se use dekh rahi ti. "Lekin sir..." Zaviyar ne us ke labon par aahista se apni ungli rakh di. "Ab koi 'sir' nahi, Meerab. Aaj se main sirf tumhara Zaviyar hoon. Kal subha hum dono office jayenge, lekin as a boss aur assistant nahi. Main kal dad ke samne tumhara haath pakad kar khara hoonga aur unhe bataunga ke meri zindagi ka faisla sirf main kar sakta hoon." Zaviyar ke is hosle ne Meerab ke rote hue chehre par ek dabi dabi muskurahat la di.

Agle din subha, office ka mahaul bilkul tana hua tha. Chairman khud board room mein betha hua tha aur Natasha bhee apne baap ke sath wahan maujood thi, sab Zaviyar ke istife ya maafi ka intezar kar rahe the. Jaise hi board room ka darwaza khola, sab ki nazren darwaze par tik gayin. Zaviyar andar dakhil hua, lekin wo akela nahi tha. Us ne poore haq se Meerab ka haath apne haath mein thama hua tha aur dono ke chehron par ek bemisaal yakeen tha. Yeh dekh kar board room mein majood har shakhs ke hosh urr gaye.

*(To be continued...)*