"Anjaan Mohabbat | Dil Chhu Lene Wali Urdu Kahani | Pehli Mulaqat Mein Nafrat Ya Mohabbat?" part 1

 Novel: Anjaan Mohabbat

Baab 1: Pehli Mulaqat – Nafrat Ya Kashish?

Hawa mein halki si khunki thi, jab Eshal ne apne office ke main gate se andar qadam rakha. Hamesha ki tarah woh waqt ki paband thi, haath mein apna laptop bag aur chehre par wahi sanjeeda ta'asuraat jo use baaqi saathiyon se mukhtalif banate thay. Aaj ka din uske liye bohot aham tha kyunke woh ek naye barey project ki zimmedari sambhalne ja rahi thi.

"Eshal! Tum aa gayi?" Uski dost aur colleague, Fariha, uske qareeb aate hue boli.

"Haan, mujhe yeh project jald az jald shuru karna hai." Eshal ne aitmaad se kaha.

"Magar tumhein pata hai ke is project mein tum akele lead nahi kar rahi?" Fariha ne kuch hichkichate hue kaha.

"Kya matlab?" Eshal ki peshaani par bal pad gaye.

"Tumhein Haider Khan ke saath kaam karna hoga."

Yeh suntay hi Eshal ruk gayi. Usne hairani se Fariha ki taraf dekha, jaise uski baat sunne mein koi ghalti ho gayi ho.

"Kaun Haider Khan?"

"Wohi Haider, jo XYZ Group ka Business Development Head hai," Fariha ne wazahat di.

Eshal ne gehra saans liya. Woh Haider Khan ka naam kai baar sun chuki thi. Woh ek kaamyab businessman tha, taiz dimaag, chalaak, aur had se zyada khud-aetmaadi. Uske baare mein mashhoor tha ke woh har cheez apni marzi ke mutabiq karna pasand karta hai aur kisi ki nahi sunta.

"Yeh mazaaq ho raha hai na? Mujhe kisi ke saath mil kar kaam karna pasand nahi, aur khas tor par kisi aise aadmi ke saath jo har waqt apni marzi chalane ki koshish karta ho!" Eshal ne naraazgi se kaha.

"Meeting room mein pahuncho, sab tumhara intezaar kar rahe hain," Fariha ne muskara kar kaha aur aage badh gayi.

Pehli Nazar, Pehli Chingaari

Meeting room mein daakhil hui to wahan pehle se kai log maujood thay, magar uski nazar seedhi us shakhs par gayi jo pur-aitmaad andaz mein apni kursi par baitha tha. Woh yaqeenan Haider Khan tha.

Lamba qad, gandumi rangat, taiz nazron wala shakhs, jiske chehre par ek maghroor si muskurahat thi. Jaise hi uski nazrein Eshal se milin, woh zara sa muskaraaya, jaise keh raha ho ke woh pehle hi jaanta tha ke yeh sharakatdaari Eshal ko pasand nahi aayegi.

"Miss Eshal, khush aamdeed!" Haider ne be takallufi se kaha.

"Shukriya, magar main zyada khush nahi hoon." Eshal ne do tok jawab diya aur apni file khol li.

Haider ne ek nazar baaqi team par daali aur halka sa hansa, "Mera bhi kuch aisa hi haal hai, lekin kya karein, kabhi kabhi zindagi humein aisi surat-e-haal mein daal deti hai jise humein bardasht karna hi padta hai."

Eshal ne uski baat ko nazar andaaz karte hue kaha, "Humein is project ko kaamyab banana hai, aur is ke liye zaroori hai ke hum ek wazeh hikmat-e-amli banayein."

"Bilkul!" Haider ne muskara kar kaha, "Lekin mere khayal mein, hikmat-e-amli sirf tajurbe se banti hai, na ke file mein likhne se."

Yeh jumla sun kar Eshal ke chehre par ek talakh muskurahat aa gayi.

"Toh phir dekhte hain, ke tumhara tajurba zyada kaam aata hai ya mera mansooba!"

Nafrat Ki Pehli Bunyaad

Meeting ke dauran, Eshal aur Haider har cheez par ikhtilaaf karte rahe.

"Humein is project mein jadeed digital marketing ko zyada tarjeeh deni chahiye, taake hum nai market ko zyada jaldi target kar saken." Eshal ne apni presentation dikhate hue kaha.

Haider ne kursi par aaraam se baithte hue kaha, "Ho sakta hai tumhari baat durust ho, magar mere khayal mein rawaiti market abhi bhi zyada munafa bakhsh hai. Agar hum purane tareeqon ko behtar karein, to kaamyabi zyada yaqini hogi."

"Yeh purane tareeqe ab zyada kaar-aamad nahi hain. Humein waqt ke saath chalna hoga." Eshal ne sakht lehje mein kaha.

"Aur shaayad humein yeh bhi dekhna hoga ke har naya tareeqa kaamyab nahi hota." Haider ne usi sakhti se jawab diya.

Meeting room mein baaqi sab log khamoshi se in dono ki behas dekh rahe thay. Fariha ne aahista se doosre colleague se kaha, "Yeh dono akatthe kaam kaise karein ge?"

Meeting Ke Baad

Meeting khatam hone ke baad, Haider aur Eshal dono kamre se bahar nikle. Eshal ne tezi se qadam badhaye, magar Haider uske barabar aa gaya.

"Miss Eshal, lagta hai humein saath kaam karne ki aadat daalni padegi."

"Aadat?" Eshal ne tanzia lehje mein kaha, "Yeh project jitna jaldi khatam ho, utna hi behtar hai."

Haider ne ek nazar uski taraf dekhi aur halkay se muskara kar kaha, "Main bhi yahi chahta hoon. Dekhte hain kaun pehle bardasht khatam karta hai!"

Eshal ne sakhti se lab bheench liye. Use pehle hi andaza ho gaya tha ke yeh safar aasan nahi hoga.

Magar shaayad woh yeh nahi jaanti thi ke woh nafrat jo aaj uske dil mein hai, ek din mohabbat mein bhi badal sakti hai.

(Jari Hai...)