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Best Laid Wives

Copyright© 2024 by Coyote

Chapter 9

Erotica Sex Story: Chapter 9 - Jessica's husband makes an unscheduled trip home from working out of town, only to find her and her sister, Jodi, preparing for a weekend of interracial partying. He encourages his wife and the weekend finds him watching his wife and her sister parade nude in public, and playing sex slaves for a group of black men. In return for his encouragement, Jessica gives him a new female club member to break in while watching the action.

Caution: This Erotica Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa   Mult   Consensual   Fiction   Cheating   Cuckold   Sharing   Group Sex   Interracial   Black Male   Black Female   Anal Sex   Oral Sex   Pregnancy  

I couldn’t quite make up my mind if we were in the “salad years” of swinging, or diving right into the main course, but one thing was for sure, I was still in the discovery stage with sights, sounds and feelings coursing through my veins. That wasn’t the only thing coursing through my body at the moment, as my blood was doing a good job of keeping my dick at attention, and my balls were working over time producing sperm. Disturbing as it might seem, watching my petite blonde wife and her equally demure blonde sister cavorting nude with a gang of black men created new and exciting feelings that continually stretched the boundaries of moral behaviour, not to mention my wife’s pussy. Jodi, her sister, was the first to discover a fetish for contrasting sex, and soon shared the experience with my wife, Jessica. Immediately, a new bond was formed, not only in black sexing, but a bond that would take them both to the edge in their sexual adventures. At present, Jess was all smiles, willing to share her adventures with me. More than that, she was thrilled when I walked in on their private weekend and gave my blessing when I discovered their plans. She had been sure that I would object, so she and Jodi kept those activities pretty much to themselves until now, out of sight and out of mind. However, having turned the tables on her, she now wanted to make quite a show of it, and performed not only for her own benefit and that of her secret lovers, but for my benefit as well.

“Well? What do you think so far?” asked Jess as she curled up beside me, with perfect hair, perfect makeup, and stark naked.

“Think? You expect me to think? My God, this whole weekend has been a cross between a Steven King novel and something out of the Arabian Nights! Is this typical? I mean, do you two do this often?” I remained calm as my words flowed smoothly, but my heart was pounding and my cock was better than semi rigid.

“Typical? Well, it isn’t often when we get to break in a new member on one of our weekends, but all and all, yeah, this is pretty typical. Jodi and I figure that as long as the taboo is being broken, we might as well get the body rush that goes along with it and push the envelope a little.” As she spoke she leaned back on the pillow- scape, and crossed her legs Indian fashion exposing her pussy. While sipping on a bloody Mary, she fingered her bald wet slit and continued, “Jodi and I like to get the most out of an experience like this, since it’s really an unusual turn on for both us and our lovers. We try to plan these weekends about once every two months, which gives us time to recoup between sessions, but sometimes we slip and might go more often.”

“Aren’t you afraid that one of these guys is going to get a little rough with one of you, or something might go wrong?”

“Oh, yeah, that could happen, but it’s not likely. Between Jodi and I, we have enough black friends that if anyone got a little pushy, number one, their supply of white pussy would be cut off, and, number two, their bros would make it very very clear that that’s not all that might get cut off. So, incidences are rare if non- existent, and we have yet to encounter any one who would jeopardize the chance to knock up a white girl.”

“You’re really not serious about getting knocked up this weekend are you?” I asked as calmly as I could muster.

“Serious?” Jessica asked with a surprise look on her face. “Hey, Sis, come here.” Jodi stood and wiggled her equally nude body over to where we were reclining and settled her warm nakedness on my other side.

“Oooo!” Jodi exclaimed as she pranced in and took my semi hard cock in hand. “Looks like we have a fan!” Her hard nipples raked my arm, and her smooth leg swung over mine as she started to fondle my dick in front of her sister.

Jessica only smiled with approval, saying, “Your brother in lay just doubted if I ... we were serious about getting knocked up this weekend. How should we put this?”

Jodi smiled and spoke softly in her typical little girl voice, “My sweet swinging brother in law ... of course we’re serious. Heck, what’s a girl to do when it’s that time of the month when her eggs drop and that special fire is burning around inside? I know that you know about this, but I can see that you somehow don’t really want to believe it. Well, I guess that’s okay, but don’t be surprised if something should go wrong.”

“What do you mean, go wrong?”

“Oh jeez! You know, go wrong ... one of us can’t abort.” (Now, for those readers that haven’t had the pleasure of reading the Sisters series, the two sisters got involved in playing their “pregnant” game where they would never use birth control. Because of their heavy activity during their fertile period, they would often fuck away with wild abandon, ending up getting pregnant as a result. The real game was to abort before going more than a month. They discovered what they considered a foolproof method that involved heavy duty fucking of their black friend, Ron. He was more of a tool than a play toy, in that he possessed a cock that was a full fourteen inches in length with a girth of nearly eight inches at normal erection. I don’t think the girls ever measured him when he was super excited, but I have every reason to believe that he exceeded those dimensions when full inserted and swelling to an intense climax. The sisters would ride Ron for days, impaling themselves to full length on his enormous cock, forcing the bulbous cockhead through their cervix. The effect (they told me) was the same as the old Arab trick of inserting a prune pit or fig into the uterus of a camel to keep it from conceiving. Thus was born the concept of the intrauterine device, only the girls used the idea post conception, cleaning out their wombs with blasts of more semen and a large fleshy black object. It actually worked, and saved my marriage when I learned from Jodi that Jessica had been aborting by using the technique successfully for almost a year. Ron and I eventually became friends, and I see to it that he continues to enjoy fucking my wife whenever she wants or needs it - kind of an odd relationship.)

Her words hit like a slap in the face, and I just knew that the girls could see my flushed face. The problem was, I then realized why they called it a dick. I was betrayed by my own cock, which was now hard at the thought of one of these women actually carrying a black baby. The idea made me look upon my wife from a different view, one that was more distant, like I was looking at a very good friend instead of a soul mate, and the thought chilled me.

At least the sisters were kind enough to think of my feelings by giving me Mia. The thought her snapped me out of my momentary lapse, and I looked over to see her sucking off one of the men in earnest this time, waiting to enjoy what was left of his semen. “Ha!” I said to my familial nymphs, “Fertile or not, I think you might have a less than productive time of it this month, seeing that your new charge is draining the resources.” I was proud of my discovery, and relaxed a little, allowing Jodi’s manipulations to sooth my aching member.

The girls both looked over and shouted encouragement like, “Go girl! Eat that sperm!” Their words fanned the flames of the moment and seemed so dirty, yet appropriate for the scene. They giggled as they spoke, thoroughly enjoying how Mia was taking to the action.

Jodi held the base of my stiff rod with one hand, and motioned for her sister to do her thing. Without hesitation, Jessica, yes, my own wife this time, swung between my legs and began giving me the best blowjob she could.

“Jerry! Would you come here for a minute?” Jodi directed as Jerry approached us. “Jerry, we wanted to know if you arranged for our treat.”

He smiled one of those Cheshire cat grins, and said, “You girls always want everything, don’t you? Well, it just so happens that Daytron and Denzel managed a double dose this time so you won’t be disappointed.” He was seemingly proud of the accomplishment, and Jessica moaned with a mouth full of my cock when she heard and continued to suck.

I looked at Jodi and Jerry, innocently asking, “Dose of what?”

Jodi knelt up with her back straight next to me. Her legs were parted, displaying her bald pussy that she fingered as she smiled with delight and explained, “Heavy cummers! We call them our heavy cummers, since they’re so very young. Jerry manages to get Datron and Denzel to invite some of the local round ball teams they sponsor in the neighbourhood league to come over to fuck our brains out as a special reward for their performance.” My wife moaned loudly now, as she listened to Jodi give the details. “The guys on the teams are all in their low twenties, some a might younger, and all are at their peak of perfection so to speak. Besides being fully developed and hung like race horses, these young guys cum in buckets! I swear that their balls work overtime producing baby seed, and the volume of white goo they pump into us could fill a mason jar. Drained resources? Let’s just say that by the time we get home, our little wombs will be carrying so much spunk, that our eggs will need snorkels to breathe. Chance of getting knocked up? About 100 percent, and the boys usually can’t wait to get their big black weenies into our tight white cunts. Especially blonde headed, bald cunts!” She mussed the hair on her head with one hand as she teased her clit with the other and laughed.

Jessica was doing a fine job on my dick, sucking for all the semen that was left. She raised her ass as she got on her knees, and slapped her ass cheeks, pointing to her hole and indicating that she wanted some black meat inside her. Jerry needed no further invitation, and took up position behind my wife, slapping her ass with his dick as he approached. Jodi helped her sister by spreading Jess’s her ass cheeks for easier entry, and Jerry easily slid his ebony baby squirter inside my wife. There I was, having my dick sucked by my wife while she was being porked by a black man. Jerry banged her hard, forcing more of my cock down her throat on every stroke until it felt like our cocks would meet somewhere inside. Her blond head was impaled up to my white balls against her nose, and her pussy was split up to the set of black balls banging against her clitoris. No sense in kidding myself, the black cock was full imbedded through her cervix, and was about to explode into her uterus. The mere thought, combined with Jodi looking on with lust in her eyes, made me explode down Jessica’s throat, cumming like I imagined one of her young studs would later that day. At nearly the same time my wife shuddered in her own climax at the feel of being inseminated with black baby seed from behind. Her womb was filled with Jerry’s hot semen, as the spunk lubricated her inside as preparation for further action.

Jerry slowly withdrew from my wife’s pussy when he slapped her ass relatively hard, leaving a red had print. Surprisingly, she winced, but then smiled a seductive smirk as Jerry exclaimed, “There! That’s one baby in the chute.” The girls were definitely hot and were looking forward to that special feeling of being impregnated. We all collapsed just as the door bell rang, and one of the men wrapped a towel around himself before going to greet the new guests.


“Hi, boys!” was the universal greeting as the group of six young blacks entered the room. Some of them had been there before, and answered my wife and her sister with casual and polite (but excited) hellos. They knew what was in store for them, and respected the treat that was theirs if they performed well on the court. Two of the group were new to this form of reward, and almost dropped their loads at seeing two blonde white housewives standing there nude in front of them. Their friends chuckled at their reactions, and muttered a faint, “The pain is definitely worth the gain! Wouldn’t you say, Bro?” All nodded in agreement, unable to remove their eyes from the two bald pussies in front of them.

One of the youths who had been there before said to Jodi, “We did as you asked us the last time we were here, and we brought you two a present.” The man produced two champagne glasses, tightly covered with plastic wrap, and each containing a full measure of cum that the group had collected three days ago. He explained that it was as fresh as they could make it before their game, so they got together on Thursday to collect the batch. That gave them Friday and Saturday to save up, both for the game and the girls. Both Jodi and Jessica were ecstatic, and took their glasses, carefully removing the cover. In ritual demonstration for the new boys (and for Mia), the sisters took their first sip of semen from the glasses, toasting a successful and cum filled fuck session. Mia blushed at the thought of the girls drinking the cum, but the act had a definite effect as six new cocks sprang to full mast.

It took only moments for the youths to get undressed, as the girls busied themselves fetching drinks and party food like good little white slaves. When all was ready, one of the young men asked about Mia, who was huddled against me watching the action. Jessica explained that she had just had her first black sexing, and was having her inaugural video made to record the occasion. As she spoke, her eyes lit up, and she conferred with Jodi for a moment in private. The two naked nymphs then announced that this was perfect for continuing Mia’s video, and they wanted the first round to be dedicated to her. That is, if the boys didn’t mind.

One look at Mia was all it took, as she stood, turned, and displayed her nakedness for the black gathering. She was instantly swooped up, led to the centre of the room, and laid on her back. “Whoa! Not so fast,” remarked Jodi. “This scene is still being choreographed, so let’s have a little cooperation.” You’d think that a petite white girl standing butt naked in a crowd of horny black men would have little to say, but her confidence over rode any complaints. The cameras were soon buzzing again, and Jerry and I were recording Mia, kneeling in the middle of six naked black youths as she sucked on one of the massive tools. The object was to demonstrate for the camera the amount of cum each one was about to pour into her, and we weren’t disappointed when the first gusher splashed into her mouth and was quickly redirected to a glass. The spurts just kept coming, as the black balls tightened and squirted the precious baby fluid into the vessel. Nearly three ounces later, the pulses subsided, and I stood totally shocked and amazed at the amount. Both Jodi and Jessica came into the camera view, joining their new sister in sex. Jessica looked into the camera lens, pointed at the cum filled glass, and said, “What you see is the typical load that our sister, Mia, is about to have pumped into her.” She tuned to Jodi for a second as if to gain agreement, then said, “That makes about 15 ounces of baby seed ... black baby seed that’s about to invade her womb. Mmmmmm ... Mia, you ready?” Mia didn’t say a word, but sinking back into the pillowed ocean, she raised the glass of semen to her lips and toasted the two blondes before drinking half the contents. She spread her legs to wide open revealing a tight bald pussy to the camera, and curled a finger at the next youth who approached her with a raging hard on.

Mia drank the remaining cum as the youth pounded her pussy with a black rod the size of a zucchini. Her cunt lips were stretched wider than ever, and her prominent clitoris was rubbed to perfection as the oily rod slithered in and out. She pulled on the black ass cheeks pummelling her, coaxing the white sperm from the black body. She was rewarded in short order when the youth stabbed forward, buried his cock full length into her small opening and tightened his balls. Mia’s eyes bulged with surprise as the cock head split her cervical opening and forced its way inside. With no other room to penetrate, the black knob could only go into her womb, and the head swelled while the hot semen pumped into her belly.

“That’s a good three ounces of black seed in her uterus, wouldn’t you say?” Jodi said to my wife who shook her head in agreement. The blondes had busied themselves stoking the new material, getting it ready for Mia’s gang bang. The contrast in white and black was incredible as the dark skinned men hovered over the small white women. After the first was through emptying into Mia, the second cock was quickly introduced into her body being guided by my wife. She held the thick piece of meat as the youth pushed forward. The fact that virtually no semen escaped Mia’s cunt made it obvious that she was holding the contents deep in her womb, and not her vagina. Nevertheless, the black rod slipped easily into her chamber, and pumped away at the inexperienced white flesh. Mia was long gone, and the sisters nodded their approval knowing that she was being filled with copious amounts of baby seed.

Mia was fucked repeatedly as the sisters counted the fresh loads being injected into her. Each time one was finished they would total the load inside, until they finally reached their predicted 15 ounces in Mia’s womb. Mia had been fucked once by each young black, five times in all, and each had squeezed the contents of their black balls into her baby chamber. By the time the last was finished, her cunt was dripping its contents, unable to hold the volume of sperm. Of course, the sisters didn’t waste the opportunity to catch as much of the semen in Mia’s glass, and offered her the prize as the entire group crowded around to watch her consume the contents.

Jess and Jodi wanted to make Mia’s tape complete, and orchestrated a double and triple penetration. The double had Mia impaled on a thick black member up her asshole, while she leaned back supporting herself with her arms, legs spread, and penetrated in her cunt by another piece of dark meat. It was all she could do to support herself, and the sisters took turns holding her up so she could be fucked properly for the cameras. After being filled in both orifices, Mia then straddled perhaps the largest cock there with her cunt, and leaned forward to accept another huge black pole in her ass. When filled to the balls with cock, she then went to work sucking on a third black stick that was fed to her by my wife. She cut quite a figure as she rode the meat and sucked the cum laden fuck stick to climax. All three sets of balls emptied into the white girl’s body, filling her ass, her womb, and her throat with black seed. Mia finally collapsed in a heap of black skin, sweaty and smeared with semen. She was happy and well fucked.

The taping finished with the three nymphs sitting with legs straddling each others, blondes on the outside and Mia in the middle, and surrounded by eleven naked black men. The men were standing, lying or sitting about as they ran their hands over the white skinned housewives, pulling freely at their tits, and shoving their fingers into the women’s sloppy wet pussies at will. With gaping hairless pussies proudly displayed for the camera, the girls toasted the men and the camera as Jodi said, “Here’s to the beginning of a beautiful black relationship!” Glasses raised, the men drank champagne, and the women drank cum.

“Whew! That was quite a session,” Jodi exclaimed as she and Jess set about to refresh drinks and replenish the snack trays. Jerry and I headed for the second floor video equipment, where we made a fast copy of both tapes. We spent no more than twenty or thirty minutes in his studio, and while the tapes were copying, Jerry suggested that I browse through some large special portfolios that he had on the layout table. As I opened the large books, I was greeted by photos of my wife and Jodi that were taken for the slick magazines. There was a veritable history of their porno posing, complete with out-takes and even blooper shots. However, most of the material was professionally produced hard core porno. There were shots of both girls in virtually every position imaginable, and almost every combination conceivable. Titles like Cum Queens, Black Seed Suckers, White Bitch Sluts, Horny White Housewives, and Slaves for Black Cock adorned almost every page of the portfolio. Pictures explicitly showed every detail of Jessica and Jodi stuffed with black meat both in their pussies and assholes. I was amazed at some of the scenes that showed them rolled back on their shoulders with their cunts in the air, and close-ups of their gaping cunt holes and asses after being stretched open. Some shots clearly showed teams of black men holding the girl’s legs apart while other men squirted cum directly into their wide open cunts and asses. Streams of semen were captured on film as the thick ropes of cum dropped directly into the girls’ cavernous openings. The one thing that was common throughout the pictures was the pervasive smile on each of the girls’ faces. Both Jodi and Jessica were quite the obedient, if not enthusiastic, slaves to the master injecting them.

“Your wife and her sister have taken many a black man’s load to make these shots. You should be proud of their performance. I’ve never seen anyone take to filming this stuff with such enthusiasm,” Jerry said as he looked over my shoulder. “As a matter of fact, there have been times that I could hardly keep up with their requests to do another session. But, as I figure it, it’s good to keep the two a little on the deprived side. That way, when they do come here for their pregging sessions as they call them, they’re all fired up and ready to fuck anything in sight.”

“Yeah, I can see what you mean,” I answered nonchalantly. “Tell me, does this stuff really sell?”

“Devoured is more like it. I can’t produce enough, and my buyers are constantly asking for more. Oddly enough, it’s all virtually the same, only different themes and poses. The customer likes them, the sisters like making them, and I like the profits. They’re currently the hottest ticket item in this part of the country.”

“Any chance I can get a copy of this material?”

“My man, I will see to it personally that you have a custom portfolio all your own. Not only that, I can see that you get a copy of anything I take in the future. After all, you don’t get much out of this but the eroticism. Right?”

“Right,” I replied, “By the way, what do the girls get out of this? If you don’t mind my asking.”

“The girls wanted to do it on a whim, but I couldn’t let it go at just that, so I give them rewards that they groove on. I know you like their slick pussies. That was compliments of the house, the latest laser treatment guaranteed never to show another hair. Next comes a little surprise cosmetic surgery in the breast enhancement department. Just a little, though, I wouldn’t want to destroy their pert little white girl tits. Then there’s the occasional piece of jewelry that always keeps them happy, but most of all, the girls love the cum. Tons of it, quarts, gallons, even I can’t believe the fetish they have for sperm, but I guess you know all about that from Jodi’s video of her cum party.”

“Yeah, that was the second video she showed me. The first was my wife’s black gang bang which was the shocker that threw my whole world into a tail spin.”

“I hear you, my man. The idea of a black man fucking a white woman, especially a blonde white housewife, is just as much a taboo and turn on for a black man as it is a white. I’m just lucky that the two chose me to record it all. Fame, fortune, and sex all rolled into one surprise package,” Jerry said with excitement.

“Any other surprise engagements I should know about?” I asked.

“Well, since you ask, I guess there’s no harm in sharing some of the ideas that we’ve talked about.”

“Like what?”

Jerry confided, “Well, for one thing, Jessica, your wife, wants to have a cum party of her own, and she wants me to film it. Only thing different is that she wants it to be a mostly black on white party scene. That’s not going to be easy, since she wants to have more than her sister, and there aren’t that many black swingers in the area. We may have to import some from other cities. The main thing is that we want everyone checked out and clean for that one. Then there’s the problem with where to film it. We’ll need a fairly big place, with room for a staging area, equipment, food, and lots of people. Then there’s the horses. We’ll have to pre-arrange that, and have cooperation from their friend, Traci and her husband. That’s important. Jessica did say that she love’s her horse semen, and she wants lots of horse sperm to drink and pour over her.”

“Shocking as Jodi’s video was, I’d like to see this one. Call it some weird sense of vengeance or something,” I replied.

“Gotcha, but don’t count on it any time soon. I think the girls have some plans for something called their Submission Game.” said Jerry.

“Do me a favour. If you plan anything out of the ordinary, let me in on it. Okay?”

“Done,” was the last word spoken before I took the tape copies and left to go back upstairs.

Mia was left alone to recoup and lounge in the laps of her gang bang team. By the time we returned to the party room, both blondes were going for their first filling at the cocks of their “heavy cummers.” Jodi was on her hands and knees taking a big chocolate rod up her ass, while my wife was enjoying one of those double penetrations, getting reamed in her asshole and cunt at the same time. I told Mia to get ready to leave for home, so she went to get somewhat cleaned up. As for me, I just sat back and jacked off one more time to the scene of my wife and her sister getting fucked hard and fast by a most enthusiastic team of black youths.

By the time Mia returned, I had taken advantage of the moment’s heat to dump my load into my sister-in-lay’s mouth as my wife watched. Of course, at virtually the same time, both Jodi and my wife had explosive climaxes of their own as they were injected with black men’s sperm. Injections that provided them with the volume of hot fresh semen that they so hungrily sought, and that would inseminate them with interracial babies.

I found my clothes, and while dressing, asked Jerry if he knew about the boys down the street who were playing basketball when we arrived. “Oh, that group. Sure ... they’re regulars in the ‘hood. They’re not bad types, drug free, attend school, and generally try to act like big shots once in a while. Why do you ask?”

“No reason,” I replied, “we just had an encounter on the way in, and I was thinking of taking them down a notch on the way home.”

“By all means, my man. It would do them good,” Jerry answered. “It’s too bad you have to go. I actually grew kind of fond of the ‘ol white bro, and I really wanted you to see how we go about doin’ your lady. You sure that you can’t stay and watch us impregnate her?”

“Thanks, but no thanks. I’ve got a plane to catch. Someone’s got to earn a living around here. After all, I want to make sure that Jess is fed well so she can play again. Besides, you can send me a tape ... and some magazines.”

“You got it, although I wouldn’t worry about your blondes getting fed.” Jerry laughed at his own joke, as we observed that the sisters had switched to blowjobs, sucking down black meat with a vengeance as they were face fucked by the men holding their blond hair for leverage.

Mia stood at my side, dressed in high heeled thongs and dangling ear rings. I turned to her asking, “Where’s your dress?”

She looked half dazed and half defiant as she said, “I’ve decided not to wear one. If Jess and Jodi can parade in public nude, then so can I. After all, I am a new member of the inner circle, am I not?” I smiled and agreed that the time had come to throw away all the ties and just go for it. Happily and a little nervous at her own attitude, Mia straightened her back and stood defiantly armed with her new found sexuality. She was definitely not the same woman I brought in, but I was sure that she would be fun on the way out.

The three of us watched the two blondes have their throats blasted with fresh loads of hot cum from the black dicks in their mouths, and they sucked until every last drop had been emptied from the dangling ball sacks feeding them. Jodi sat back and fetched her drink for a breather, but Jessica got up, wiping some ropes of cum from her chin and came over to talk to me before it left.

“Uh, got milk?” I asked, pointing to the white sting of spunk on Jessica’s upper lip.

“Oh, thanks,” she said as she wiped her mouth with a finger, then licked her finger clean. “Are you taking off?”

“Yeah, gotta catch a plane and all. Say, I really want to thank you for letting me participate. It’s wasn’t something that I expected.”

“You expected?” laughed my wife. “It was the last thing on my mind for sure. Actually, it was you who through me off.”

“How do you mean?” I asked.

Jessica’s pressed her nude sweaty and cum covered body up against my arm as she spoke, “Well, first of all, I didn’t expect you home at all, but, second, I didn’t expect you to go along with this. I mean, Jodi and I were keeping this out of sight and out of mind, and planned our pregging at times when you wouldn’t see and get so upset. But, when you gave your okay, well, the whole world sort of turned around. I thought it was exciting before, but having you here watching, and having the guys know they were fucking your wife in front of you made this one helluva turn on!” Jessica, looked me straight in the eyes, paused for an instant, and said, “I want to do this again ... with you there. I like showing you how wonderfully slutty we can be. I really want you to get off on watching me getting fucked by black dick. What do you say?” Her breathing was heavy just describing her debauchery.

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