Has Ashley been written out of the story?
Ashley is one of the old characters, who is feeling the pinch because of the new characters added during Chapter 2. Ashley is a cammer, and his main purpose during Chapter 1 was to introduce Anna to the world of porn, and the possibility that she could become a performer. I think originally he was conceived as the means by which this would happen, with Anna, him and his friends performing on his cam channel. But towards the end of Chapter 1, Deep decided to transform Dilan from a mere photographer into a major porn producer, and as such Ashley became largely obsolete as Anna progressed towards more high end porn productions via Dilan.
I think Deep will always try to include Ashley in the game, but he's pretty much been relegated to a secondary character, unfortunately. Personally, I loved their scenes together, and I believe Anna ended up liking him, far more than she let on. He was always a bad boy, a character you either loved or hated. But Anna definitely has a thing for bad boys, and often brings the best out of them.
Ashley was the first character, that Anna cheats on Andrew with, in a scene that can initially be construed as rape. But by their second scene together, whilst Andrew sleeps in an adjoining bedroom, it's obvious Anna loves getting fucked by him, even if she kind of hates him for making her feel this way. Anna tried so hard to make herself dislike Ashley, but ultimately she fails, because despite his many character faults, he just makes her feel so good. Their third scene together in the restaurant toilet, is in my opinion one of the best sex scenes during Chapter 1. It's the scene where Anna first acknowledges that's she's becoming a slut and she likes being that way, it also hinted at the Dev's possible vision for the two of them, with Anna becoming Ashley's submissive bitch ( he gives her a collar to wear everytime they meet). A vision that now appears to have been discarded, unfortunately.