  The WIMP-nucleon scattering cross section in a simple dark matter model and
its constraints from the latest direct detection experiment are treated here at
the loop level. We consider a scenario with an emerging vector dark matter
field that interacts with the Standard Model quarks, via loop contributions
that are sourced from a scalar mediator. The involved parameter space for the
dark matter-mediator masses is constrained by the Xenon1T limit and the
neutrino floor. The current direct detection bounds are eluded by invoking the
top partners in a Composite Higgs model, whose scale mass helps us in
suppressing the WIMP-nucleon cross section.
