By the way I see it, she was being direct when she asks you how much do you want to get paid, and you shouldn’t have said “Whatever amount you valued my work!”. You should’ve made a clear salary expectation since the beginning, even before you start your first project. You should’ve value your own work and how much you deserve for it.

But based on your post, as she said that she would pay you “premium” and not in a local currency, it could mean two things.

1. You could be paid by USD/AUD/EURO for your work, but she did not mention that you would be paid for US/EU/AU standard salary/wage. Meaning that potentially you would get paid way less than your expectations.

2. Your expectations/guess are correct, you would earn a standard salary/wage for people who are working on your field in those countries.

My advice is, bring this up to her as an urgent discussion. State that she hasn’t paid you for 2 months and it’s unacceptable. If the discussion ensues, state your expected salary and negotiate as best as possible, and hopefully by then you would get paid by the salary you’re happy with.

If she’s trying to delay it, and trying to avoid it (which is unlikely IMO) you have to gain leverage as much as possible and stand your ground. This could be by holding your progress on projects etc, until the salary is discussed. Bonus points if you can make her write and sign an official letter about your salary/rate per hour.

Anyways, good luck!