We study a simple dark matter model given by two interacting real singlet scalars, with only one of them coupled to the Higgs. The model therefore presents a minimal assisted -freeze-out framework: both scalars contribute to the dark matter relic density, but only one of them takes part in the elastic scattering with nuclei. This reduces the expected interaction rate in direct detection experiments, in such a way that the model in some regions of the parameter space may evades XENON1T constraints. We explore the model under theoretical (perturbativity, stability potential and unitarity) and experimental constraints (Higgs to invisible, relic density, direct detection), with precise approximations near the Higgs resonance to calculate the averaged annihilation cross section. We show that the model is viable in the Higgs resonance region and for scalar singlet masses of hundreds of GeV.