When he stepped back like that so did she, mostly out of shock but the shock didn't really settle in until he blurted out the question. Millicent's eyes widened and she all of a sudden felt like the hallway was getting quite small.
So she did what anyone did in such a situation. "No...barely got to sleep and then was woken up by a noise. Pretty much napped after that." She lied, even when the shock on her face said otherwise.